Online Nutrition Degree :: Accredited Universities

Liberty University’s Master of Public Health with a concentration in Nutrition will help you master skills pertinent to the field of public health. Whether your interest is career advancement, education or enhancing society, you will achieve a rich understanding of public health and the importance of nutrition.
Engage your desire to impact society locally or globally, through a sociological perspective regarding solutions to food-borne illness, disease prevention, and nutritional health disorders. Gain a level of expertise, as you enrich your understanding of basic nutrition and enhance your credentials.

Create opportunities for career advancement, including those in the mission field, as you establish a potential platform to enter closed countries. Courses will prepare you to serve effectively as a public health expert in the modern world, integrating faith with learning in a professional atmosphere.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have completed bachelor's degree or its foreign equivalent.They must have above a 2.0 cumulative combined GPA for all accredited colleges attended.

International Applicants
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If you are an International applicant,following English language test should be required

TOEFL for international, non-English speaking candidates (score of 550 paper-based test, 253 computer-based test or 60 internet-based test)

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The Master of Nutrition is a non-thesis, applied degree. Upon completion of the degree, graduates possess a broad knowledge of nutrition science and related fields and the management of this field and are capable of effectively communicating scientific information. The curriculum requires 36 credit hours of coursework, which includes up to 6 credits of a directed practicum or internship or related independent project. Students will be able to select between a human nutrition emphasis and a feed science emphasis. A majority of the program course work is in graduate-level nutrition and related science. The professional skills component that qualifies students for the Professional Science Masters (PSM) designation consists of a variety of relevant courses and activities developed in consultation with prospective employers. Emphasis areas can include either Feed Science or Human Nutrition, Food, and Bioprocessing.

Entry Requirements

Graduate school admission requests:

1. a personal statement of goals, experience, and interest in the program from the applicant

2. 3 letters of reference

3. transcripts of all post-secondary coursework (including a Bachelor's Degree)

4. scores on the Graduate Record Exam

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The Nutrition Division within the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, is offering a fully online Master of Science in Nutrition degree program (36 credits) as well as an Advanced Certificate in Nutrition program (15credits).

The online MS Program in Nutrition provides a comprehensive course of study in advanced nutrition topics to prevent and manage disease, as well as optimize health through food and nutrition strategies. Expert faculty members, currently working in the field, will provide instruction on evidence-based, timely nutrition therapies and facilitate the development of a strong knowledge base and counseling skill set.

The Program is designed to meet the needs of students of varying backgrounds, including practicing physicians, nutritionists, and other health care practitioners with strong practical skills, as well as post-baccalaureate students training to be health care providers with more recent basic science training. Graduates will be prepared to apply their advanced training in clinical settings, as well as industry settings, such as pharmaceutical or supplement development, funcional food development and media outlets.

Please note...
This program does NOT prepare graduates to become a Registered Dietitian or nutritionist.
In order to practice as a nutrition professional (Registered Dietitian), completion of an accredited Dietetic Internship program is required. This graduate nutrition program does NOT satisfy ANY of the DPD requirements that would enable you to apply to a Dietetic Internship program or to sit for the RD exam. For more information on becoming a RD or nutritionist, please visit www.eatright.org.

Entry Requirements

Admission requirements for the Program are as follows:

- completion of a baccalaureate degree with a preferred GPA of 3.0;

one course in each of the following –

For the MS program: physiology (laboratory not required) and statistics;

For the Advanced Certificate program: physiology (laboratory not required);

- a nutrition course if the undergraduate degree is not in nutrition/dietetics. Prospective students can take the Survey of Nutrition course offered by the Program as a non-matriculated student or a previously taken nutrition course with approval of the course syllabus by Program coordinator. Alternatively, prospective students can be admitted to the Program with the condition that they successfully complete the Survey of Nutrition course. If the student successfully completes the Survey of Nutrition course they can proceed with registration for the subsequent semester.

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The Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences offers an Online MS in Nutrition program at Texas Woman's University. This is a 100% online program that allows you the flexibility to complete the degree at your own pace (not to exceed 6 years) from anywhere without any disruption to your career. This program option is excluded from the Combined Master's/Dietetic Internship programs in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.

The Online MS in Nutrition curriculum includes a study of food in its entirety, the individual food components, and the influence they have on the human body. The core courses provide a foundation on which to build a comprehensive education. The elective courses merge the science of nutrition with a broader view of wellness, community, and the environment, while still allowing the student the flexibility to follow his or her interests by offering a range of topics such as food safety, dietary supplements, metabolic diseases, and nutritional issues in health. Students are required to fulfill all requirements within six years after admission into the program.

Entry Requirements

For unconditional admission, applicants must present:

1. A college degree

2. Official transcripts that show evidence of prerequisite courses and at least a 3.25 GPA on a 4.0 scale for the last 60 credit hours.

3. Evidence of completing the Graduate Record Examination with a preferred minimum score of 143 (350 original) on the verbal portion and 141 (450 original) on the quantitative portion.

4. A one to two page résumé providing evidence of work and volunteer experience related to intended field of study.

5. TOEFL may be required of students whose native language is not English.

Applicants who meet the above criteria with exception of GPA may qualify for provisional admission if they have at least a 3.0 GPA (4.0 scale) on the last 60 credit hours.

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The online Master of Science in Nutrition with a concentration in Dietetics is based on the scientific foundations of nutrition and reinforces essential skills in project management, interpretation of research literature, critical inquiry and problem-solving.
Offered by ASU’s School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, this non-thesis master’s program is available only to registered dietitians with at least one year of work experience. It is designed with the working professional in mind, placing particular emphasis on advancing student-specific practitioner skill sets to promote individual career goals.

Students will develop competencies in research methods and advanced-practice knowledge in their specific area of study. The program culminates in an applied project, allowing students to design and evaluate specific nutrition interventions in the workplace utilizing knowledge and skills in nutrition assessment, lifestyle management and chronic disease prevention. Students will develop entry-level skills in research design, statistical methods and ethical conduct in research studies.

Employment opportunities for registered dietitians have continued to increase. Creative, knowledgeable, and forward thinking registered dietitians will have many opportunities to advance their careers and explore entrepreneurial opportunities in the changing healthcare field over the next decade.

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