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You're passionate about supporting health and wellness through creating products, ensuring food safety, and educating others.
Explore nutrition science and the entire food production process—from research and development to packaging and distribution. LSU offers practical experience, career-building opportunities, and guided research projects to equip you for health professions or careers in agriculture and business.
Potential Career Paths
Clinical Dietitian
Food Safety Inspector
Food Technology Specialist
Nutrition Consultant
Packaging Design Engineer
Food Product Developer
Quality Assurance Specialist
Environmental Sustainability Expert
Corporate Wellness Manager
International students who have never attended a post-secondary education institution will apply as a freshman (first-year student), and must have the equivalent of a U.S. high school diploma with an academic average equivalent to a “B” (3.0 or better on the U.S. 4-point grading system). Entry requirements may vary from country by country.
Required Scores for Automatic Admission: TOEFL (paper-based exam) – 550, TOEFL (internet-based exam) – 79, IELTS - 6.5