Dietetics/Dietitian at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in dietetics from UAA.

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.

UAA Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAA

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAA offers distance education options for dietetics at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UAA Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dietetics progam at UAA 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 UAA 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
	14
	16
Best Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	26
Best Value Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	44
Most Popular Dietetics Schools	55
Most Popular Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Value Dietetics Schools	75

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in dietetics from UAA. This makes it the #43 most popular school for dietetics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dietetics Student Demographics at UAA

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

UAA Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from UAA in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at UAA are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UAA Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in dietetics from UAA. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a dietetics master's degree from UAA, 100% 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a master's in dietetics.

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

UAA 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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Dietitians and Nutritionists	140	$71,210
Dietetic Technicians	60	$40,700

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.