Dietetics/Dietitian at Michigan State University

If you are interested in studying dietetics/dietitian, you may want to check out the program at Michigan State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in dietetics from Michigan 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.

Michigan State Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

Michigan State Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dietetics progam at Michigan State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Michigan 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Dietetics Schools	16
Best Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Best Value Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	96
	118
Best Value Dietetics Schools	119

Dietetics Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from Michigan State in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at Michigan 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	43
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Michigan 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,010	$57,000
Dietetic Technicians	1,070	$26,500

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.