A degree in nutrition/dietetics prepares you for a variety of opportunities, including:

• Health care positions in hospitals, hospice and home care, retirement communities, and other health care facilities
• Food service management in hospitals, retirement communities, schools, correctional facilities, and other settings where food is served
• Community and public health agencies such as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs and Cooperative Extension
• Consultants in the food and nutrition areas, including sports nutrition and wellness
• Teaching in medical centers, colleges, and universities
• Research in nutrition and food
• Pharmaceutical industry

This type of employment can be found in a variety of places, such as wellness centers, hospitals, centers for the elderly, schools, and day care facilities, and it includes the following job titles:

• Clinical dietitian (including specialty areas such as renal, pediatric, nutrition support, etc.)
• Commercial food service administrator
• College educator
• Consulting nutritionist
• Consumer and public relations specialist for a food company
• Diet counselor
• Educational representative for business
• Extension service 4-H agent
• Food service administrator for airline or cruise line
• Home healthcare dietitian
• Hospital food service administrator
• Marketing specialist for a food or nutrition company
• Nutrition researcher
• Peace Corps representative
• Private practitioner
• Product development researcher
• Public health nutritionist
• Rehabilitation consultant
• Restaurant food service administrator
• Sales representative for food or equipment
• School food service administrator
• Sports nutritionist
• Wellness Coordinator

The Registered Dietitian

Students in nutrition/dietetics are eligible to apply for post-baccalaureate dietetic internships.  After successfully completing an internship, graduates are eligible to take the registration exam offered by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the ADA) and become a registered dietitian (R.D.), the internationally recognized credential for food and nutrition professionals. Immaculata graduates have had a high rate of success in this exam. The Master of Arts in Nutrition Education including a dietetic internship is offered at Immaculata University.   See also Steps to becoming an RD.