31PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, FITNESS, AND KINESIOLOGY

⚠⚠⚠ The entry-level education for this occupation is a HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, and it has about 68,000 openings a year — one of the largest figures on this site. What the job requires is a CERTIFICATION, not a degree. ⚠⚠ So a Florida student in a kinesiology degree needs an answer to a direct question: what is the degree for? There are three good ones — clinical exercise physiology ($59,460, +13%), graduate school in a health profession, or management — and this page is organised around them.

Dietitians assess nutritional status and design the medical nutrition therapy that treats kidney disease, diabetes, cancer, critical illness and failure to thrive. ⚠ A median of $76,400 with 8% growth. ⚠⚠⚠ And the thing a Florida student must not get wrong: since 1 January 2024 the national credential requires a GRADUATE DEGREE, while the Florida licensing statute still says a bachelor's — three sources disagree about what this career needs, and this page sets out which one binds.

Occupational therapy assistants deliver the treatment that gets people back to doing ordinary things — dressing, cooking, writing, working, playing — after injury, stroke, developmental delay or mental illness. ⚠ A median of $72,300 on a two-year degree, growing 21%. ⚠⚠⚠ And the finding worth acting on: it pays MORE and grows FASTER than the physical therapist assistant, and Florida trains a QUARTER as many. Four institutions, 57 graduates a year. This page covers the assistant, the aide and the therapist.