The 50 colleges that score highest for Nutrition and dietetics on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University | NY | Median earnings $70,508 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $84,636 (field-wide) · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Case Western Reserve University | OH | Median earnings $87,582 (field-wide) · 44 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $82,347 (field-wide) · 62 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $64,105 · 104 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $60,728 · 22 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $72,335 (field-wide) · 117 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $64,519 · 124 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $59,329 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $64,441 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Median earnings $79,391 · 95 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $62,145 · 120 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $70,728 · 96 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $57,982 · 50 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $74,005 · 224 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $59,609 · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $63,010 · 72 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $62,261 · 144 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $75,508 · 102 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $59,649 · 52 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $59,079 · 138 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $58,038 · 24 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $63,019 · 47 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $62,369 · 72 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $63,292 · 59 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $58,972 · 54 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | The University of Alabama | AL | Median earnings $57,002 · 104 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $60,380 · 36 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $55,219 · 60 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $62,281 · 69 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $56,579 · 44 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $59,054 · 50 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $58,973 · 64 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $68,578 · 67 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $55,747 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Texas Christian University | TX | Median earnings $84,086 (field-wide) · 22 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $68,930 · 63 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | CUNY Hunter College | NY | Median earnings $59,864 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Kansas State University | KS | Median earnings $61,320 · 207 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | NE | Median earnings $61,092 · 152 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Florida International University | FL | Median earnings $52,470 · 67 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $65,077 · 46 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | Howard University | DC | Median earnings $74,929 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | OK | Median earnings $61,369 · 83 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $45,554 · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | University of Dayton | OH | Median earnings $60,873 · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Houston | TX | Median earnings $49,724 · 134 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $62,668 (college-wide) · 83 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $53,318 · 70 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | RI | Median earnings $61,079 · 34 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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