2025 Best Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

If you plan on getting your master's degree in nutrition science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #99 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 Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 43 master's degrees in nutrition science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nutrition science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nutrition science students want to attend this school to pursue a master'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.
• Student Debt - How much debt nutrition science students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nutrition science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nutrition science students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nutrition Science Schools

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 Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nutrition Science in Tennessee

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

Top Tennessee Schools for a Master's in Nutrition Science

1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

15 Annual Graduates

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in nutrition science. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville.More information about a master’s in nutrition science from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

28 Annual Graduates

University of Memphis is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nutrition science. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in nutrition science from University of Memphis

Best Nutrition Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	18
Virginia	182	3
North Carolina	178	46
Alabama	151	8
Kentucky	147	2
Louisiana	147	18
Mississippi	145	20
Arkansas	121	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nutrition Science

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Nutrition Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nutrition Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Nutrition Sciences	43

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Data Science	49
Computational Science	36
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	31
Interdisciplinary Studies	10
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	10
Science, Technology & Society	7

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to division, CSIRO. More about our data sources and methodologies.