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2026 Highest Paid Nutrition Science Grads in North Carolina

[Nutrition Science](/majors/multi-interdisciplinary-studies/nutrition-science/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a nutrition science degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their nutrition science graduates.

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• Highest Paid Nutrition Science Grads in North Carolina

2026 Highest Paid Nutrition Science Grads in North Carolina

If you want to know which schools send nutrition science graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Nutrition Science Graduates

1

North Carolina State University At Raleigh
Raleigh, NC

$62,347 Average Early-Career Salary

North Carolina State University At Raleigh tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying nutrition science schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina State University At Raleigh is a public institution. Early-career nutrition science graduates from North Carolina State University At Raleigh make a median of around $62,347 per year.

2

University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

$60,736 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying nutrition science schools. University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill is a public school located in the city of Chapel Hill. Students who complete the nutrition science program here go on to a median salary of roughly $60,736.

3

University Of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

$45,072 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #3 makes University Of North Carolina At Greensboro one of the highest-paying schools for nutrition science. Located in the city of Greensboro, University Of North Carolina At Greensboro is a public institution. Early-career nutrition science graduates from University Of North Carolina At Greensboro make a median of around $45,072 per year.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries nutrition science graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.