Human Nutrition

Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the relationships between food consumption and human development and health. Includes instruction in the cellular and molecular processes of food processing in the human body, related metabolic processes, the relationship of food and nutrition to disease, and nutritional needs across the life span.

Numbers at a glance

273rd
Popular nationwide
344
Search Rank on O's List
18
Colleges offer it
634
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
112
Women
522

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O's Insights on Human Nutrition

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after increasing prior to that.
  • 87% of graduates come from public universities.

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