Objective To analyze the employment situation of graduates majoring in nutrition and provide evidence for the services of their professional employment. Methods Materials about 172 graduates of 2013-2015 branches were collected from relevant departments. The software of Excel was used for data management and SPSS 19.0 was used for data analysis. The crosstabs with qui-square was used for statistic test. Results The overall employment rate was 66.3% (114/172)

which was 82.9% (58/70)

56.9% (33/58) and 52.3%(23/44) separately each year. There was no statistical difference among different genders ( =1.05，P=0.30) and residence registration types( =1.06，P=0.30). Graduates who was a member of the Communist Party got a statistical higher employment rate than those who was not( =8.75，P=0.01). Most graduates chose jobs in the medical units or furthered their study with the proportion of 47.4% (54/114) and 26.3% (30/114) separately. This was especially common for the 2015 graduates.60.9% of them chose to the medical units. And those who chose the job in the urban areas of the city accounted for 64.9%. Conclusion Compared to the employment rates of other majors in the same medical university

the rate of the nutrition graduates was lower. The combination effectors are needed from the society

the university and the graduates themselves.