Which state pays dietetics bachelor's graduates the most?

Ohio, where the median program pays its graduates $38,569 in their first year, the highest of 2 state rankings. New York is next, at $36,903.

Which dietetics bachelor's program pays the most?

Purdue in Indiana reports the highest first-year pay of the 37 programs ranked here, $52,631. Its median federal debt is $20,254.

How much debt do dietetics bachelor's graduates have?

The median program leaves its graduates with $24,497 in federal debt. Across programs, the median debt is 75% of first-year pay.

Highest-Paying Dietetics (Bachelor's) Programs in the US

37 programs report first-year pay
2 state rankings
Bachelor's in Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median dietetics bachelor's program in the US pays its graduates $33,319 in their first year and $55,402 five years after. Ohio has the highest state median ($38,569), and New York the lowest ($36,903). The median program leaves its graduates with $24,497 in federal debt.

Median first-year pay$33,319Across 37 programs

Median pay after 5 years$55,402Across 67 programs

Median federal debt$24,497Across 60 programs

Debt-to-earnings75%Across 35 programs

All 37 programs, ranked by graduate pay

Each program is ranked by the median pay of its graduates one year after they finished, from College Scorecard. This measures what graduates earn, not how good the teaching is. Pay also depends on where graduates live and work. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	After cost of living	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	PurdueWest Lafayette, IN · public	$52,631	$56,393	$55,003	$20,254	38%
2	Ohio StateColumbus, OH · public	$52,247	Not adjusted	$58,222	$22,750	44%
3	Keiser UniversityFort Lauderdale, FL · private nonprofit	$49,771	$48,128	$52,555	$52,000	104%
4	North Dakota StateFargo, ND · public	$49,443	Not adjusted	$56,261	$27,500	56%
5	UTSASan Antonio, TX · public	$49,205	$50,697	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
6	University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH · public	$48,483	$52,259	Not reported	$27,000	56%
7	D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, NY · private nonprofit	$47,888	$44,373	$50,352	$30,750	64%
8	University of AkronAkron, OH · public	$47,242	$50,922	$51,630	$27,000	57%
9	Buffalo StateBuffalo, NY · public	$46,519	$43,105	$52,622	$34,940	75%
10	Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, MI · public	$40,093	Not adjusted	$60,588	$30,769	77%
11	Illinois StateNormal, IL · public	$38,444	$38,460	Not reported	$18,892	49%
12	Purdue GlobalWest Lafayette, IN · public	$37,107	Not adjusted	$41,644	$39,375	106%
13	Queens CollegeQueens, NY · public	$36,903	$34,194	$55,785	$13,004	35%
14	Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY · public	$36,834	$34,131	$64,202	$12,434	34%
15	Keene State CollegeKeene, NH · public	$35,419	Not adjusted	$49,333	$25,798	73%
16	Lehman CollegeBronx, NY · public	$34,988	$32,420	$59,461	$12,000	34%
17	UICChicago, IL · public	$34,422	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
18	Iowa StateAmes, IA · public	$33,958	Not adjusted	$53,146	$21,000	62%
19	University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI · public	$33,319	Not adjusted	$55,830	$22,875	69%
20	Appalachian StateBoone, NC · public	$31,934	$33,855	$50,317	$25,025	78%
21	University of North FloridaJacksonville, FL · public	$30,631	$29,620	$55,220	$18,369	60%
22	Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL · public	$29,911	$29,924	$52,265	$27,000	90%
23	Bowling Green StateBowling Green, OH · public	$29,896	$32,225	$52,799	$26,000	87%
24	FIUMiami, FL · public	$29,422	$28,451	$58,934	$12,499	42%
25	Florida StateTallahassee, FL · public	$29,158	$28,195	$58,255	$23,750	81%
26	Youngstown StateYoungstown, OH · public	$29,065	$31,329	$49,195	$27,729	95%
27	University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, CO · public	$28,224	Not adjusted	$46,282	$25,000	89%
28	Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, MI · public	$26,138	$27,166	$56,137	$27,000	103%
29	Cal State San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CA · public	$25,659	$23,175	$44,494	$17,000	66%
30	Michigan StateEast Lansing, MI · public	$25,301	$26,296	$59,274	$24,750	98%
31	Kent StateKent, OH · public	$23,993	$25,862	$50,119	$27,000	113%
32	Cal State Long BeachLong Beach, CA · public	$23,110	$20,872	$66,995	$13,625	59%
33	Ole MissUniversity, MS · public	$22,275	Not adjusted	Not reported	$22,500	101%
34	East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC · public	$20,900	$22,157	$57,007	$21,000	100%
35	University of VermontBurlington, VT · public	$19,566	Not adjusted	$55,828	$22,896	117%
36	Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC · public	$17,970	Not adjusted	$43,962	$24,905	139%
37	University of DelawareNewark, DE · public	$17,669	Not adjusted	$57,328	$26,000	147%

Pay after cost of living divides first-year pay by the Bureau of Economic Analysis price level of the school's state, where the US average is 100. It is shown for 24 programs where at least half of the graduates who work are working in the school's state. The other 13, whose graduates mostly work in other states or whose state has no price level, are listed last when you sort by it.

2 programs report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

College Scorecard withholds pay for programs with too few graduates, to protect their privacy, so those programs can't be ranked.

Dietetics (Bachelor's) programs by state

Each row is the median across the state's dietetics bachelor's programs. State names link to the full ranking of that state's programs.

State	Programs	Year 1 pay	Debt
Ohio	6	$38,569	$27,000
New York	5	$36,903	$19,250

Programs in 15 more states and territories report pay, but too few to rank. A state ranking needs at least five programs that report both pay and debt.

Quick picks nationwide

Lowest median debt

Lehman College, NY$12,000
Brooklyn College, NY$12,434
Queens College, NY$13,004
Ohio State, OH$22,750
Bowling Green State, OH$26,000
University of Cincinnati, OH$27,000
University of Akron, OH$27,000
Kent State, OH$27,000
Youngstown State, OH$27,729
D'Youville University, NY$30,750

Lowest debt for the pay

Only the 11 programs with their own page here are included. "Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to dietetics, largest first. Pay is the median across the US and all experience levels.

Dietitians and Nutritionists

$76,400

Median pay in the US. 77,570 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 5,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $49,090Top 10%: $103,720

Dietetic Technicians

$37,640

Median pay in the US. 31,560 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.

Bottom 10%: $29,720Top 10%: $54,020

Common questions

The median dietetics bachelor's program in the US pays its graduates $33,319 in their first year and $55,402 five years after.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Medians are across programs, not students: each program counts once, however many graduates it has.
National medians include every program in the 50 states, DC, and US territories, including schools that have since closed. Schools with several campuses that report one combined figure are counted once.
Programs are ranked by College Scorecard median pay one year after graduation. Pay after cost of living uses the price level of the school's state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025. Price levels are the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities for 2024.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024