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Foods and Nutrition (Bachelor's) Programs in Texas, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 5 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Texas foods and nutrition bachelor's program pays its graduates $36,312 in their first year, $4,483 more than the national median. Texas Woman's University reports the highest first-year pay ($46,399), and Texas Woman's University the lowest median debt ($14,104).

Median first-year pay$36,312National $31,830
Median pay after 5 years$52,933National $55,444
Median federal debt$21,482National $25,000
Debt-to-earnings64%National 76%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

2 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Texas foods and nutrition program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Texas Woman's University$46,399
  2. Texas State$36,601
  3. UT Austin$36,312
  4. University of Houston$27,648
  5. Stephen F. Austin$26,168

Lowest median debt

  1. Texas Woman's University$14,104
  2. University of Houston$19,700
  3. UT Austin$20,500
  4. Texas State$23,354
  5. Stephen F. Austin$25,000

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. Texas Woman's University30%
  2. UT Austin56%
  3. Texas State64%
  4. University of Houston71%
  5. Stephen F. Austin96%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

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

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$36,480

Median pay in Texas. 137,930 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 171,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $28,010Top 10%: $61,560

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$35,360

Median pay in Texas. 24,740 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 62,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: no formal educational credential.

Bottom 10%: $24,770Top 10%: $44,840

Food Service Managers

$60,770

Median pay in Texas. 25,990 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 38,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $43,310Top 10%: $98,570

Dietitians and Nutritionists

$74,440

Median pay in Texas. 5,320 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $40,040Top 10%: $98,960

Common questions

Texas Woman's University in Denton reports the highest median first-year pay, $46,399. Its median federal debt is $14,104.

Related pages

Foods and Nutrition (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked34 programs by pay and debt

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.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the foods and nutrition bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024