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September 30, 2010

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Nutrition

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Auburn U. Nutrition & Food Science	29	41	38	44	2	10	6	9	39	44
Case Western Reserve U. Nutrition	14	28	18	34	25	42	28	41	18	31
Columbia U. Nutrition	2	16	1	13	33	42	9	21	8	17
Cornell U. Nutrition	13	29	12	28	13	34	10	25	5	12
Emory U. Nutrition and Health Sciences (NHS)	8	24	4	21	13	37	15	34	11	25
Florida Inter- national U. Dietetics and Nutrition	21	39	17	37	31	43	3	4	34	42
Howard U. Nutritional Science	11	30	19	40	30	42	1	2	41	44
Iowa State U. Nutrition	16	33	21	36	2	18	22	39	18	32
Johns Hopkins U. Human Nutrition	19	34	16	30	34	44	8	17	14	31
Kansas State U. Nutrition	8	23	23	39	1	1	13	33	24	37
Michigan State U. Human Nutrition	30	42	30	41	23	42	19	39	20	35
Mississippi State U. Nutrition (degree: Ph.D. in Food Sci., Nutrition)	43	44	43	44	8	27	40	44	31	44
North Carolina State U. Nutrition	29	42	14	32	32	44	40	44	16	33
Ohio State U. Main Campus Nutrition Program, The Ohio State University	4	19	4	19	2	21	26	38	8	20
Oregon State U. Nutrition and Food Management	31	41	38	43	31	42	12	35	16	32
Pennsyl- vania State U. Nutritional Sciences	1	10	2	12	18	33	24	38	1	6
Purdue U. Main Campus Foods and Nutrition	9	24	15	32	10	28	14	34	10	20
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Nutritional Sciences	9	26	5	23	3	23	11	26	15	26
Texas A&M U. Nutrition	7	25	5	23	4	22	32	40	11	22
Tufts U. Nutrition	1	9	1	8	12	30	17	34	1	5
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Nutrition Sciences	10	29	4	24	5	28	11	27	23	35
U. of Arizona Nutritional Science	16	34	11	29	21	34	13	33	12	26
U. of California at Berkeley Molecular and Biochemical Nutrition	1	10	1	9	11	29	24	38	3	11
U. of California at Davis Nutritional Biology (Nutrition)	3	16	4	21	8	25	13	31	1	5
U. of Connec- ticut Nutritional Science Ph.D.	12	30	10	31	5	28	12	27	11	27
U. of Florida Food Science & Human Nutrition: Nutritional Sci	10	26	7	21	9	37	15	37	6	14
U. of Georgia Foods & Nutrition	21	36	30	41	3	29	1	2	31	43
U. of Illinois at Chicago Human Nutrition	18	36	17	35	10	31	6	10	29	39
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Nutritional Science	3	15	3	17	3	20	14	31	5	12
U. of Kentucky Nutritional Sciences	4	19	8	27	4	28	31	42	9	20
U. of Maryland at College Park Nutrition	34	43	36	43	30	42	4	7	35	43
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Nutrition	5	20	3	17	6	32	12	31	6	14
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Nutrition	41	44	39	43	7	30	22	39	31	38
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nutrition	1	7	1	14	4	24	10	23	1	8
U. of North Carolina at Greensboro Nutrition	28	42	22	39	5	27	8	14	33	40
U. of Rhode Island Nutrition & Food Sciences	20	36	15	33	4	17	36	44	19	37
U. of Southern Mississippi Nutrition & Food Systems	27	43	15	37	5	37	3	6	35	43
U. of Tennessee Nutrition	18	32	31	40	2	26	14	35	20	35
U. of Texas at Austin Nutritional Sciences	29	42	22	37	38	44	20	39	13	29
U. of Washing- ton Nutritional Sciences	4	21	4	21	15	42	11	28	12	28
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Nutritional Sciences	1	7	1	8	4	25	33	42	1	7
Utah State U. Nutrition and Food Sciences (AG)	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Virginia Tech Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise	30	42	29	40	23	41	41	44	17	32
Washing- ton State U. Graduate Program in Nutrition	23	42	19	39	33	44	9	26	25	38
Wayne State U. Nutrition and Food Science	28	41	24	38	4	32	4	7	31	41
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.