Dietetics/Dietitian at University of North Florida

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 North Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and approximately 16,926 students attend the school each year. Of the 631 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Florida in 2021, 63 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.

UNF Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

UNF Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dietetics major at UNF 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
Most Popular Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
	21
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	21
Best Dietetics Master’s Degree Schools	25
Best Value Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Best Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Best Value Dietetics Schools	72
	90

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in dietetics from UNF. This makes it the #2 most popular school for dietetics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dietetics Student Demographics at UNF

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

UNF Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students earned a bachelor's degree in dietetics from UNF. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men. The typical dietetics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UNF since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 North Florida with a bachelor's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNF Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students earned a master's degree in dietetics from UNF. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

Of the students who received a dietetics master's degree from UNF, 62% 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Florida with a master's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist

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 FL, the home state for University of North Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,860	$61,710
Dietetic Technicians	1,600	$28,410

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 The222 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.