2025 Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #161 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of food & nutrition. Combined, these schools handed out 27 bachelor's degrees in food & nutrition to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food & nutrition students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other food & nutrition students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food & nutrition related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for food & nutrition students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Food & Nutrition in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Bachelor's in Food & Nutrition

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Kentucky if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in food & nutrition from University of Kentucky

2

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

15 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition has to look into Eastern Kentucky University. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in food & nutrition from Eastern Kentucky University

Best Food & Nutrition Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	51
North Carolina	453	53
Georgia	453	18
Virginia	421	302
South Carolina	370	3
Alabama	320	17
Arkansas	294	76
Mississippi	275	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Food & Nutrition

One of 3 majors within the Food, Nutrition & Related Services area of study, Food & Nutrition has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Nutrition	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.