Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Nutrition Sciences

Focuses on the utilization of food for human growth and metabolism, in both normal and dysfunctional states, from the interdisciplinary perspective of the agricultural, human, biological, and biomedical sciences. Covers food science, biochemistry, physiology, dietetics, food and nutrition studies, biotechnology, biophysics, and the clinical sciences.

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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $107,310
Hiring change through 2035: 17.9%
Job openings a year: 24,900

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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Natural Sciences Managers

Median pay: $167,220
Hiring change through 2035: 8.2%
Job openings a year: 9,200

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Dietitians and Nutritionists

Median pay: $76,400
Hiring change through 2035: 7.7%
Job openings a year: 5,700

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $84,620
Hiring change through 2035: 7.3%
Job openings a year: 4,700

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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Biological Scientists, All Other

Median pay: $98,920
Hiring change through 2035: 4.7%
Job openings a year: 4,300

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Dietetic Technicians

Median pay: $37,640
Hiring change through 2035: 2.7%
Job openings a year: 4,200

To get hiredAssociate's degree

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Farm and Home Management Educators

Median pay: $60,220
Hiring change through 2035: −3.2%
Job openings a year: 800

To get hiredMaster's degree

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Life Scientists, All Other

Median pay: $93,750
Hiring change through 2035: 6.3%
Job openings a year: 400

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $75,870
Hiring change through 2035: 2.4%
Job openings a year: 200

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $29,014 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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8%of related openings involve substantial in-person or active work

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College options

Where to study it

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College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
University of Arizona AZ	157	$24,800	86%	$16,000
Texas A & M University-College Station TX	153	$37,863	63%	$17,000
Kansas State University KS	138	$36,001	79%	$15,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX	122	—	29%	$17,000
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA	117	—	43%	$8,000
University of Florida FL	108	$16,602	24%	$7,000
University of California-Berkeley CA	104	$28,612	12%	$10,000
University of Georgia GA	100	$24,816	37%	$13,000
California State University-Sacramento CA	89	—	94%	$9,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC	89	$30,421	40%	$13,000
University of California-Davis CA	88	$31,513	42%	$12,000
San Diego State University CA	84	—	34%	$13,000
San Francisco State University CA	81	$24,267	96%	$12,000
San Jose State University CA	77	$34,047	80%	$12,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA	74	$33,431	30%	$10,000
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA	73	$25,653	74%	$11,000
Montclair State University NJ	66	—	87%	$16,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	64	$28,232	43%	$8,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ	63	—	90%	$17,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA	61	$29,516	58%	$13,000
New York University NY	60	$25,904	9%	$17,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA	59	$15,149	54%	$26,000
California State University-Long Beach CA	57	—	47%	$10,000
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN	52	$32,818	77%	$10,000
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH	50	$24,518	87%	$19,000
Texas Woman's University TX	46	$27,414	95%	$11,000
California State University-Los Angeles CA	44	—	92%	$5,000
Oregon State University OR	44	—	79%	$16,000
Auburn University AL	42	—	50%	$21,000
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO	42	$30,936	90%	$16,000
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA	42	$25,359	74%	$20,000
University of Vermont VT	41	$34,168	60%	$14,000
Michigan State University MI	40	$21,557	84%	$17,000
Texas Tech University TX	38	$35,369	71%	$17,000
California State University-San Bernardino CA	37	—	98%	$5,000
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO	35	$32,738	99%	$15,000
University of Connecticut CT	35	$25,053	54%	$21,000
California State University-Chico CA	34	$37,266	94%	$13,000
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ	30	$32,168	65%	$18,000
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC	30	$26,768	90%	$12,000

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