Clinical Nutritionist
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Clinical Nutritionist degree recipients are Portland, OR, Chesterfield, MO, and Dallas, TX. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Clinical Nutritionist degree recipients are Chesterfield, MO, Mansfield, PA, and Plattsburgh, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Clinical Nutritionist is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Clinical Nutritionist and the types of students that study this field. University of Western States (210438) awards the most degrees in Clinical Nutritionist in the US, but National University of Natural Medicine and University of Western States (210438) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Clinical Nutritionist.
Tuition costs for Clinical Nutritionist majors are, on average, $8,354 for in-state public colleges, and $30,118 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Clinical Nutritionist programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (25 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (598 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Clinical Nutritionist, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (598 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Clinical Nutritionist programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Western States (210438) has the most Clinical Nutritionist degree recipients, with 148 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Clinical Nutritionist.
Out of all institutions that offer Clinical Nutritionist programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, National University of Natural Medicine has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Clinical Nutritionist, with 30.9%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Clinical Nutritionist by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Clinical Nutritionist.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 2.98% and 2.93% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Clinical Nutritionist are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Clinical Nutritionist.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Clinical Nutritionist for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Clinical Nutritionist.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.11 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (199,567 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Clinical Nutritionist field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Clinical Nutritionist majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Clinical Nutritionist majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Analysis, Negotiation, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Troubleshooting, Service Orientation, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Programming, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Speaking, Systems Evaluation, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Time Management, Active Learning, Operation Monitoring, Mathematics, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Clinical Nutritionist majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Writing, Speaking, Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Persuasion, Negotiation, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Science, Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, Operation Monitoring, Programming, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
