Dietetics/Dietitian at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 dietetics majors received their bachelor's degree from Illinois State.

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.

Illinois State Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

Illinois State Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dietetics programs across the country. The following shows how Illinois State 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 Illinois State 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
Most Popular Dietetics Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Best Dietetics Graduate Certificate Schools	10
	16
Most Popular Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Best Dietetics Schools	21
Best Value Dietetics Schools	22
	28
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
	48
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	48

Dietetics Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from Illinois State in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical dietetics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Illinois State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Illinois State 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 Illinois State 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 Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.