The University was the second top-performing school in the August 2017 nutritionist-dietitian board exams, with three Thomasians landing in the top 10.
UST posted a slightly lower passing rate of 97.65-percent, or 83 out of 85 examinees.
Thomasian Camille Ang placed fourth with a score of 89.90 percent, while Danca Francisco and Elisa Mae Garcia secured the fifth and eighth spots with scores of 89.75 percent and 89.05 percent, respectively.
Abigail Catacutan of Polytechnic University of the Philippines‒Sta.Mesa topped the board exams with a score of 91 percent.
State-run University of the Philippines‒Los Banos and University of the Philippines‒Diliman were named top-performing schools.
The national passing rate stood at 71.62 percent, or 916 out of 1,279 examinees.
