Is a Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services degree worth it?
Across 50 schools, graduates of Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services earn a median $55,018 five years out on $22,500 of debt — most often working as First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$55,018
Median debt
$22,500
Years to pay off
3.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
42%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+5.1%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
14.3%
$63,557 vs $54,484
Net price
$17,799/yr
Debt-test failures
8.1%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$8,408
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.