Dietetics/Dietitian at Point Loma Nazarene University

What traits are you looking for in a dietetics school? To help you decide if Point Loma Nazarene University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dietetics program.

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,616 students attend the school each year. Of the 197 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2021, 10 of them were dietetics/dietitian majors.

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.

PLNU Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

PLNU Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

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

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 dietetics major at PLNU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
	17
Best Dietetics Schools	18
	25
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Value Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	65
Most Popular Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Popular Dietetics Schools	103
Best Value Dietetics Schools	105

Dietetics Student Demographics at PLNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dietetics majors at Point Loma Nazarene University.

PLNU Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 dietetics majors earned their bachelor's degree from PLNU. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dietetics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

PLNU 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 CA, the home state for Point Loma Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Dietitians and Nutritionists	7,930	$74,060
Dietetic Technicians	5,250	$35,250

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 OperaSmorg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.