Dietetics/Dietitian at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. Of the 614 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2021, 24 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.

UIC Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

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

UIC Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dietetics progam at UIC 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 UIC 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	15
	19
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in dietetics from UIC. This makes it the #5 most popular school for dietetics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dietetics Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from UIC in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical dietetics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% 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 22% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in dietetics.

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/Dietitian Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of dietetics master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Of the students who received a dietetics master's degree from UIC, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the dietetics 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 dietetics.

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 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 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.