Thinking of studying to be Nutritionist..
So my question is, is a Nutritionist/Dietician a pretty good job? Is there anybody that is one that could give me some info or advice on how they like it....thank you!
bad idea.
If you do end up doing one of those, become a dietician.
Because it's a job that requires relatively few real skills and thus likely pays below average and most openings will be in some type of school or nursing home cafeteria where you'll be trying to find the most nutritious way to feed people on an ever-shrinking budget.
Which is why I just said, "bad idea".
My daughter is studying to be a dietitian. She has had 4 years undergrad study, and in a couple weeks will begin her second year of grad school. At the same time she will begin a 9 month long mandatory internship program as part of the grad school coursework. After completion of the coursework and internship, she will need to take a state licensing exam in order to practice.
Starting salary is around $40-45,000 a year.
Few real skills? Pays below average? Bad idea? No, it's not. It does require a lot of time, study, commitment, and 6 years of college studies, especially in anatomy, biology and chemistry.
There's a heck of lot more to the job than working in a school or nursing home cafeteria.
Take that lunch ladies.
Original Post by clg1:
Starting salary is around $40-45,000 a year.
Few real skills? Pays below average? Bad idea? No, it's not. It does require a lot of time, study, commitment, and 6 years of college studies, especially in anatomy, biology and chemistry.
There's a heck of lot more to the job than working in a school or nursing home cafeteria.
Might wanna wait for the job offers to start rolling in before ya start planning for that dough to start rolling in. 6 years, a graduate degree...and the prospect is 40K? That actually supports my theory.
And not to make PG twitch for attacking grad school...but having a graduate degree as a dietician isn't making you MORE desirable...it's making you less. What could you even write a thesis on in dietary grad school?? Whether butter is worse than margarine? The great chicken vs egg debate?
Original Post by caloricat:
Original Post by clg1:
Starting salary is around $40-45,000 a year.
Few real skills? Pays below average? Bad idea? No, it's not. It does require a lot of time, study, commitment, and 6 years of college studies, especially in anatomy, biology and chemistry.
There's a heck of lot more to the job than working in a school or nursing home cafeteria.
Might wanna wait for the job offers to start rolling in before ya start planning for that dough to start rolling in. 6 years, a graduate degree...and the prospect is 40K? That actually supports my theory.
And not to make PG twitch for attacking grad school...but having a graduate degree as a dietician isn't making you MORE desirable...it's making you less. What could you even write a thesis on in dietary grad school?? Whether butter is worse than margarine? The great chicken vs egg debate?
That's starting salary; most graduates don't start out making $95,000 a year regardless of their field of study.
Thesis topics? Well I'm not a dietetic student, but what about how family/culture/income barriers impact food consumption patterns, which in turn impact obesity, some cancers and diabetes. Or strategies to increase food intake in the elderly population in order to increase quality of life. Or the relationships of the types of food eating patterns and female eating disorders.
