Dietetics/Dietitian at Eastern Illinois University

If you plan to study dietetics/dietitian, take a look at what Eastern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 dietetics majors received their bachelor's degree from EIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dietetics/Dietitian section at the bottom of this page.

EIU Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics
• Master’s Degree in Dietetics

EIU Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dietetics programs across the country. The following shows how EIU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dietetics major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics/Dietitian. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	9
	12
Best Value Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best Dietetics Schools	27
	30
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	31
Best Value Dietetics Schools	39
	42
Most Popular Dietetics Schools	43
Best Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Popular Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in dietetics from EIU. This makes it the #9 most popular school for dietetics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dietetics Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dietetics majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from EIU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at EIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

EIU Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from EIU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a dietetics master's degree from EIU, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a master's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

EIU also has a doctoral program available in dietetics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Dietetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in dietetics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Dietetic Technicians	4,440	$25,770
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,590	$58,020

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.