Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying dietetics and clinical nutrition services, you may want to check out the program at Northern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from NIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition
• Master’s Degree in Nutrition

NIU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services. 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 Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
	29
Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	34
Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools	48
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools	57
	79
Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools	89
	143

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from NIU. This makes it the #34 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nutrition Graduates from NIU Make?

The median salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor's degree at NIU is $26,025. This is less than $32,137, which is the national average of all nutrition majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nutrition Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition from NIU. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nutrition at NIU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Program

The nutrition program at NIU awarded 16 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from NIU, 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 Northern Illinois University with a master's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

If you plan to be a nutrition major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Dietetics/Dietitian	65

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Nutrition Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition 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 Northern 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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.