by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Human Nutrition. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Food, Nutrition & Related Services is a major offered under the family, consumer and human sciences program of study at The University of Alabama. 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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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UA was ranked #25 on College Factual's Best Schools for nutrition list. It is also ranked #1 in Alabama.
Here are some of the other rankings for UA.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UA was $1,330 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $545 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,780 | $30,250 |
| Fees | $840 | $840 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,810 | $13,810 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,620 | $4,620 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UA in Nutrition walked away with an average of $26,496 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $22,894.
Online degrees for the UA 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 UA Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.6% of the nutrition students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 79.1%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in nutrition at UA in 2019-2020, 15.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 10 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 131 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Nutrition | 160 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to food, nutrition and related services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 147 |
| Family & Consumer Economics | 74 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 127 |
| Textile & Apparel Studies | 60 |
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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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