Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every dietetics and clinical nutrition services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nutrition program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. Of the 614 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2021, 24 of them were dietetics and clinical nutrition services majors.

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.

UIC Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Degrees Available

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

UIC Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nutrition programs across the country. The following shows how UIC 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 nutrition major at UIC 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 Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
	21
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
	52
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from UIC. This makes it the #16 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UIC Nutrition Graduates

The median salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $37,263. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $32,137 for all nutrition bachelor's degree recipients.

Nutrition Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 nutrition students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UIC, about 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Program

The nutrition program at UIC awarded 31 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 6% of these degrees went to men with the other 94% going to women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from UIC, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nutrition master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC 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 University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Dietetics/Dietitian	55

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Other Health Professions
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.