Nutrition

A nutritionist may go into college teaching and/or research, become associated with the food industry in basic or applied research, become more involved in dietetics leading to jobs in food service management or clinical nutrition, or go into public health nutrition. As a public health nutritionist one could provide leadership to legislators, administrators, health planners, and health officials on issues affecting the nutritional status of the population, participate in the planning of health services, the establishment of standards and the evaluation of nutritional services. One could become involved as an advocate for nutrition programs for low-income women and children or for the growing population of elderly people. The development and coordination of Food Banks is another possible job opportunity.

Nutritionists may be hired by agencies such as the American Heart Association and the Diabetic Association. Some Nutritionists have opened their own practices acting as consultants in nutrition education programs for corporations that recognize the advantage of having healthy employees. They provide nutrition education through consumer groups and the media. The activities are limited only by the energy and creativity of the nutritionists.

**Graduate Programs in Nutrition**
State	School	Department	Telephone Number	# MS 1996	# PhD 1996	Full Time	Part Time	# of Appli.	% Accpt	Dead Line
AL	Auburn Univ.	Dept of Nutrition & Food Science	334-844-4261	3	3	12	22	34	53%	-
	Tuskegee Univ	Dept of Home Economics	334-727-8831	1	-	10	7	-	-	7/15
	Univ. of Alabama	Dept of Human Nutrition & Hospitality Management	205-348-6157	4	-	12	1	-	-	7/6
	U.of Alabama -Birmingham	Program in Clinical Nutrition	205-934-3337	10	-	18	9	-	-	9/1
	U.of Alabama -Birmingham	Program in Nutritional Sciences	205-934-6384	-	x	9	-	7	29%	-
DC	Howard Univ	Dept of Nutritional Sciences	202-806-6238	x	x	-	-	-	-	4/1
FL	Florida State Univ	Dept of Nutrition, Food, & Movement Sciences	904-644-4800	12	5	42	22	117	58%
	Florida International	Dept of Dietetics & Nutrition	305-348-2878	8	-	26	29	34	76%	4/1
	Univ of Florida	Center for Nutritional Sciences	352-392-1991	x	x	-	-	-	-	6/10
	Univ of Florida	Dept of Food Science & Human Nutrition	352-392-1991	16	4	39	27	52	67%	6/7
	Univ of North Florida	College of Health	904-646-2840	x	-	-	-	-	-	7/1
GA	Emory Univ.	Prog. in Nutrition & Health Sciences	404-727-2547	x	x	18	-	61	8%	1/20
	Georgia State Univ	Dept of Nutrition & Dietetics	404-651-3064	15	-	13	17	38	45%	2/15
	Univ of Georgia	Dept of Foods & Nutrition	706-542-4869	9	-	31	6	65	29%	-
LA	Tulane Univ	Program in Nutrition	504-588-5391	x	-	20	2	-	-	4/15
MD	Johns Hopkins Univ	Dept of International Health	410-955-3734	x	x	-	-	-	-	2/1
NC	East Carolina U.	Dept of Nutrition & Hospitality Management	919-328-4276	1	-	5	9	11	45%	6/1
	North Carolina A & M	Dept of Human Environment & Family Serv.	910-334-7850	20	-	7	9	15	87%	6/1
	North Carolina State Univ	Program in Nutrition	919-515-2968	1	5	17	5	10	10%	6/25
	UNC- Chapel Hill	Dept of Nutrition	919-966-7212	26	6	90	2	131	28%	1/31
SC	Clemson Univ.	Dept of Animal, Dairy & Vet Science	864-656-4023	2	1	14	6	25	60%	6/1
	South Carolina State Univ	Dept of Family & Consumer Sciences	803-536-7064	x	-	-	-	-	-	7/15
	Winthrop Univ	Dept of Human Nutrition	803-323-2704	9	-	20	20	-	-	7/15
TN	East TN State U.	Dept of Applied Human Science	423-439-4407	4	-	12	8	20	40%	2/15
	Univ of Memphis	Dept of Consumer Science & Education	901-678-2301	x	-	-	-	-	-	8/1
	U. TN - Martin	Dept of Human Environmental Sciences	901-587-7103	x	-	-	-	-	-	2/1
	U. TN - Knoxville	Dept of Nutrition	423-974-5445	7	-	23	8	37	51%	2/1
VA	VA P. I. & State Univ	Dept of Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise	540-231-4672	8	5	57	13	96	55%	12/1