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Program ranking · CIP 30.19 bachelor's · College Scorecard · Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

Best Colleges for Nutrition

Using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data retrieved March-July 2026, these colleges rank highest on median earnings for Nutrition (CIP 30.19) bachelor's completers. Rankings use earnings only - not prestige, selectivity, or editorial judgment - and require at least 25 completers so tiny suppressed cohorts do not dominate the list.

$79,391
Highest nutrition earnings
32
Colleges ranked
$51,802
#32 cutoff

The list in one line

Every college on this list reports at least $51,802 median earnings for Nutrition bachelor's (CIP 30.19) completers. University of California-Berkeley leads at $79,391.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

$79,391
#1 - University of California-Berkeley
$51,802
#32 - the cutoff to make this list
25+
completers required per school
120
US schools offering this CIP

Earnings are field-of-study medians for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled; see methodology for horizon and lag details.

Top 15 nutrition programs by median completer earnings

Nutrition bachelor's (CIP 30.19) · higher is higher early-career pay

median earnings

What this shows Nutrition-sciences medians mix clinical, research, and wellness career paths - compare debt and completer counts before treating pay as program quality.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study As of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

The full top 32

# School Name StateMedian EarningsMedian DebtCompleters
1 University of California-Berkeley CA $79,391 $14,177 103
2 North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $75,508 $20,405 126
3 University of Georgia GA $70,867 $21,205 99
4 New York University NY $70,508 $21,250 48
5 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $68,930 $17,166 74
6 Michigan State University MI $66,437 $23,170 54
7 University of California-Davis CA $64,519 $14,166 136
8 Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $64,441 $23,124 55
9 University of Connecticut CT $63,292 $26,603 39
10 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH $63,077 $27,000 53
11 University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA $63,019 $20,500 62
12 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $63,010 $25,000 71
13 Texas A&M University-College Station TX $62,289 $19,250 146
14 Kansas State University KS $62,128 $21,000 163
15 Texas Tech University TX $62,087 $21,500 31
16 San Francisco State University CA $61,895 $16,461 110
17 University of Vermont VT $61,238 $19,500 45
18 Cornell University NY $60,728 $13,250 28
19 Metropolitan State University of Denver CO $60,395 $19,800 56
20 Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO $59,528 $22,000 36
21 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $59,329 $20,500 59
22 California State University-Chico CA $59,146 $17,272 52
23 University of Arizona AZ $59,079 $23,000 149
24 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $59,054 $20,000 56
25 University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV $58,160 $16,442 31
26 Auburn University AL $56,579 $25,000 38
27 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $55,159 $24,250 48
28 San Diego State University CA $55,115 $17,849 110
29 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA $54,605 $16,500 82
30 Texas Woman's University TX $53,775 $21,500 78
31 California State University-Los Angeles CA $52,797 $13,979 61
32 University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC $51,802 $25,500 41

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by College Scorecard field-of-study median earnings for Nutrition (CIP 30.19) bachelor's completers. Only operating schools with at least 25 completers and a published median are included. Ties break toward larger completer cohorts. For the full program profile - including every reporting school and national distribution - see Nutrition (bachelor's). Methodology lives on our methodology page.

Caveats and limitations

"Best" here means highest reported median earnings for the stated CIP scope - not teaching quality, licensure pass rates, clinical placement strength, or fit for any one student. This list covers Nutrition Sciences (CIP 30.19) bachelor's programs - dietetics and clinical nutrition (CIP 51.31) and foods/nutrition services (CIP 19.05) are ranked separately when demand warrants.

Figures cover federally aided completers only, use Treasury-linked earnings, and describe a lagged cohort. Regional pay scales and graduate-school paths both move the median without proving a causal school effect.

This ranking is for informational purposes only and does not constitute academic or career advice. Earnings do not predict any individual graduate's outcome.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings are computed directly from College Scorecard field-of-study data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals.