Demographics — Nutrition, University of Maryland-College Park

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 44 Nutrition programs
Range of rankings ?4-7

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 38%
Minority faculty 17%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 18%
Women 82%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 71%
Temporary visa holders 29%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 17%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0%
White 58%
Hispanic / Latino 8%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 8%

Enrollment Status

Full time 94%
Part time 6%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 52%
Women 48%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 76%
Temporary visa holders 24%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 8%
Native American 0%
Asian 8%
White 52%
Hispanic 3%
Unknown 5%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 67%
Part-time 33%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all degree recipients in the field from University of Maryland-College Park and may include graduates from more than one program.

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