Healthcare
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.
Median salary (BLS)
$76,400
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$49k – $104k
Job outlook
+6% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Dietitians and Nutritionists
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Dietitians and Nutritionists
Entry / Junior
$49,090
~2 yrs to advance
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Established
$76,400
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Dietitians and Nutritionists
Senior
$90,060
Key skills
A typical day
- •Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
- •Evaluate laboratory tests in preparing nutrition recommendations.
- •Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
- •Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
- •Incorporate patient cultural, ethnic, or religious preferences and needs in the development of nutrition plans.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
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