2025 Best Dietetics/Dietitian Schools in Tennessee

If you plan on majoring in dietetics/dietitian, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #207 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dietetics/Dietitian Schools in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 degrees in dietetics/dietitian to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Dietetics/Dietitian Schools List

Pick Your Dietetics/Dietitian Degree Level

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 Dietetics/Dietitian Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Dietetics/Dietitian in Tennessee

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dietetics degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Tennessee Schools in Dietetics

1

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

57.1% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in dietetics/dietitian needs to check out East Tennessee State University. ETSU is a large public university located in the small city of Johnson City.More information about a degree in dietetics/dietitian from East Tennessee State University

2

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

Tennessee Technological University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in dietetics/dietitian. Tennessee Tech University is a large public university located in the remote town of Cookeville.More information about a degree in dietetics/dietitian from Tennessee Technological University

Best Dietetics/Dietitian Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dietetics/Dietitian Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	337
North Carolina	710	165
Georgia	690	30
Virginia	630	11
South Carolina	530	0
Kentucky	518	36
Mississippi	501	74
Alabama	500	1
Louisiana	489	24
Arkansas	466	84
West Virginia	410	36

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Rankings in Majors Related to Dietetics

Dietetics/Dietitian is one of 4 different types of Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Dietetics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	33
Dietitian Assistant	16

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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.