Clinical Nutrition Nutritionist

A program that prepares individuals to apply the principles of dietetics and the biomedical and nutrition sciences to design and manage effective nutrition programs as part of clinical treatment and therapy programs, and to manage health care facility food services. Includes instruction in human nutrition, nutrient metabolism, the role of foods and nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention, nutrition as a treatment regime, planning and directing hospital food service programs, diet and nutrition analysis and planning, supervision of food storage and preparation, special diets, client education, and professional standards and regulations.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 44 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3159 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

108

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

853

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,106

awards given

Top Schools for Clinical Nutrition Nutritionist

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Western States Portland, OR	381
2	Sonoran University of Health Sciences Tempe, AZ	297
3	Logan University Chesterfield, MO	264
4	National University of Natural Medicine Portland, OR	177
5	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	162
6	Parker University Dallas, TX	132
7	Marywood University Scranton, PA	132
8	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	129
9	Northeast College of Health Sciences Seneca Falls, NY	126
10	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	117
11	Meredith College Raleigh, NC	105
12	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	105
13	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	96
14	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	90
15	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	84
16	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	60
17	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	57
18	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	51
19	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	33
20	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	33
21	Long Island University Brookville, NY	33
22	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	33
23	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	33
24	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	33
25	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	30
26	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	30
27	Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL	30
28	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	30
29	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	30
30	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	27
31	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	27
32	Life University Marietta, GA	24
33	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	24
34	Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN	21
35	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL	21
36	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	21
37	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	15
38	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	12
39	Immaculata University Immaculata, PA	12
40	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	12
41	Northwestern Health Sciences University Bloomington, MN	9
42	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	9
43	George Washington University Washington, DC	6
44	McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA	6