2024 Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

If you plan on getting your master's degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #79 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for dietetics & clinical nutrition services students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 36 master's degrees in dietetics & clinical nutrition services to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dietetics & clinical nutrition services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for dietetics & clinical nutrition services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dietetics & clinical nutrition services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for dietetics & clinical nutrition services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in Tennessee

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Master's in Nutrition

1

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

26 Annual Graduates

$48,011 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services has to look into University of Memphis. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Memphis.

Students who graduate with their master's from the nutrition program report average early career wages of $48,011.

More information about a master’s in dietetics & clinical nutrition services from University of Memphis

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

10 Annual Graduates

East Tennessee State University is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in dietetics & clinical nutrition services from East Tennessee State University

Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	97
Georgia	190	6
Virginia	182	30
North Carolina	178	30
Alabama	151	38
Kentucky	147	32
Louisiana	147	7
Arkansas	121	0
West Virginia	112	27

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Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Related Rankings by Major

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nutrition Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	36

Majors Similar to Nutrition

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,147
Allied Health Professions	410
Mental & Social Health Services	213
Public Health	212
Communication Sciences	183
Health & Medical Administrative Services	180
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	138
Health Sciences & Services	122
Medical Illustration & Informatics	19
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.