by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in nutrition sciences, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of nutrition sciences, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | 4 | 902 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 4 | 4,612 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | 89,827 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | 4 | 486 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 4 | 311 |
| Ecology | 4 | 1,201 |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 4 | 961 |
| Pharmacology | 4 | 483 |
| Toxicology | 4 | 152 |
| Animal Genetics | 3 | 59 |
Part of the broader field of Nutrition Sciences, nutrition sciences shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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