Food & Nutrition: Careers

Make your degree work for you

Careers in food and nutrition are growing exponentially in:

  • Clinical nutrition
  • Community nutrition
  • Sports nutrition
  • Health and wellness education
  • Nutrition research
  • School foodservice
  • Foodservice management

Our graduates pursue careers in health agencies, hospitals, clinics, fitness and corporate wellness programs, consumer organizations, nutrition research laboratories, private practices, and businesses, such as, diet analysis software, commercial nutrition products and food vendors.

View the PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Susan Massad for more about Career Paths for Students with a Degree in Nutrition.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics provides a wealth of career in dietetics information. We recommend visiting the following career specific pages: