Dietetics/Dietitian at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study dietetics/dietitian, take a look at what Western Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in dietetics from WMU.

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.

WMU Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

WMU Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dietetics progam at WMU 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 WMU 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 Schools	55
Best Value Dietetics Schools	80
Best Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
	91
Best Dietetics Schools	119
	129

Dietetics Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Dietitian from WMU in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at WMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,010	$57,000
Dietetic Technicians	1,070	$26,500

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.