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51.31Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

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Registered Dietitian Nutritionist SOC 29-1031
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.
Fitness Professional and Exercise Physiologist SOC 39-9031
⚠⚠⚠ 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.
⚠ Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition — named for a legal reason rather than a thematic one. Nutrition is the first thing a client asks about and dietetics is licensed in Florida, so a trainer has a statutory limit on the advice they may give.

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