100% Online Master of Science in Food and Nutrition
Learn more about the Food and Nutrition MS program, including course information and how to apply.
Enhance your professional career while taking courses fully online
- Benefit from a convenient and flexible curriculum
- Choose from two career-focused tracks
- Earn your degree as quickly as 16 months with a fall start, including summer courses
- Learn from faculty committed to your success
- Expand your professional network
- Opt for a dual master's degree in a related field
IUP undergraduates can take graduate-level courses and even apply for early admission to the MS program!
"The faculty provided educational networks, professional counseling, and the ever needed push that assisted me in reaching my full potential in this fast-paced, think-on-your-feet career."
Kimberly Jones, MS, RD, LDN, Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator at Centura Health, St. Anthony North Family Medicine Center, Denver, Colorado
Feed and fuel your future as a nutrition professional
Use the knowledge you gain from this program to expand your practice in health-related fields or compliment your background in areas such as biology, education, exercise science, journalism, marketing, and more to meet your career goals. If you are already a registered dietitian or food service professional, obtaining your master's degree will improve your leadership opportunities.
Our MS in Food and Nutrition focuses on human and applied nutrition, critical for real-life situations. For those interested in pursuing a doctorate at another institution or improving your knowledge and skills in a specific research area, select the thesis option.
The MS in Food and Nutrition online degree will prepare you to:
- Provide leadership that influences and contributes to the food and nutrition arena.
- Translate important nutrition information for the public.
- Utilize new knowledge to reduce nutrition-related chronic diseases and promote nutrition and wellness.
Gain specialized knowledge, greater opportunity
Our 36-credit MS in Food and Nutrition can be tailored to meet your career goals.
- Take required core courses focusing on the essential nutrients and nutrition research methods, and identify elective courses to further your needs and interests.
- Enhance your specialization by selecting the Education Track if you would like to: (a) Apply emerging research to advance evidence-and theory-based knowledge, skills and practice in implementation, and evaluation; (b) Use community and public health nutrition research and methods to support optimal nutritional status for individuals, groups, and populations; and (c) Advocate for food and nutrition public policy at local, state and national levels.
- Choose between the thesis and non-thesis options.
More Information and Frequently Asked Questions
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