by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at George Mason University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in nutrition, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at GMU was $1,559 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $671 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,594 | $33,906 |
| Fees | $3,504 | $3,504 |
nutrition who receive their master’s degree from GMU make an average of $47,260 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% higher than the national average of $43,050.
GMU does not offer an online option for its nutrition master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GMU Online Learning page.
About 90.5% of the students who received their Master’s in nutrition in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 89.7%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nutrition at GMU in 2019-2020, 38.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 19%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 6 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist | 21 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dietetics and clinical nutrition services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 16 |
| Allied Health Professions | 7 |
| Public Health | 59 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 31 |
| Nursing | 52 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.