by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Dietetics/Dietitian. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Lehman College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in nutrition, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Lehman was ranked #20 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for nutrition majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #2 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Lehman.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Lehman paid an average of $620 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $305 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,930 | $14,880 |
| Fees | $480 | $480 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,364 | $1,364 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $14,776 | $14,776 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $5,655 | $5,655 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Lehman in Nutrition walked away with an average of $13,985 in student debt. That is 42% lower than the national average of $24,236.
The median early career salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Lehman is $37,424 per year. That is 27% higher than the national average of $29,522.
Online degrees for the Lehman nutrition bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Lehman Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.0% of the nutrition students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 86.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in nutrition at Lehman in 2019-2020, 93.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 28 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dietetics/Dietitian | 79 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dietetics and clinical nutrition services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 103 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 228 |
| Public Health | 64 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 40 |
| Nursing | 197 |
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*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.
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