Clinical Nutrition, M.S.

Program Snapshot

36 Credits

Launch your career in clinical practice or research, or help individuals and groups find lifelong health with the online Clinical Nutrition, M.S. from New York Tech. Integrate biomedical and nutrition sciences as you develop an understanding of medical nutrition therapy on your schedule.

Why Earn a Master’s in Clinical Nutrition from New York Tech?

With an M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from New York Tech, you’ll become an expert in biomedical nutrition therapy, assessing nutritional status, and designing nutrition plans that promote wellness and treat disease for individuals and groups. This asynchronous online program is available in a flexible format, making it easy to access for students with diverse schedules. 

This clinically focused program ensures expert mastery of nutrition theory, assessment, and therapy, while the range of electives offers the opportunity to explore nutrition epidemiology, exercise physiology, nutrition pharmacology and oncology, and other emerging topics and issues. 

You’ll benefit from mentorship and networking connections with faculty members who are accomplished nutrition professionals with years of clinical experience, are active participants in professional organizations, and are authors of cutting-edge research. 

Students with a baccalaureate degree in nutrition, as well as students at all levels of allied health and medical education, can use this program to integrate nutrition into their professional study. This program is also open to students with degrees in other areas who have completed the prerequisites and wish to be involved in nutrition and health careers. 

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What You’ll Learn

In this fully online program, you’ll study a range of core topics, from nutrition oncology to pharmacology to exercise physiology. Tailor your degree to your specific interests in areas including the obesity epidemic, eating disorders, and more, or participate in our Center for Global Health fieldwork and independent research projects. 

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Stats & Rankings

100%

online and asynchronous degree program

Top 15%

New York Tech is among the top 15 percent in U.S. colleges for salary potential, based on mid-career earnings of alumni.

Payscale.com

#7

Top M.S. in Clinical Nutrition, 2020

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Career & Salary Outlook

Expand your career with a deeper understanding of how nutrition is a foundation of human health and how it can help prevent and manage multiple diseases and chronic conditions. 

Job Growth

Employment for dieticians and nutritionists is expected to grow seven percent from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations.(BLS)

Employers & Internships

  • Cleveland Clinic 
  • Hudson Medical 
  • Iora Health 
  • New York-Presbyterian 
  • Northwell Health 
  • Quest Diagnostics 

Career Options

  • Clinical Nutritionist 
  • Dietitian 
  • Health Educator 
  • Public Health Consultant 
  • Clinical Researcher 

Salary Projections

The median annual wage for dietitians and nutritionists is $69,680. (BLS, May 2023)

Program Details

Learn more about the online Clinical Nutrition, M.S. program, including admission requirements, how to apply, and scholarship/funding opportunities.

To apply, submit the following: 

  • Completed application, $50 nonrefundable application fee 
  • Copies of undergraduate transcripts for all schools attended 
  • Copy of college diploma or proof of degree 
  • International student requirements: English proficiency and transcript evaluation. 
    • As this is an online program, which may be completed in the home country, matriculation in this program does not qualify an international student for a U.S. F-1 visa. 

Explore opportunities to offset program costs, including New York Tech scholarships, graduate assistantships, and federal financial aid. 

International F-1 students who successfully complete this degree program are eligible for an additional 24-month STEM OPT extension to work in the U.S. in an area directly related to their area of study immediately upon completing the customary 12-month post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT)

Alumni Voices

Bryan Silverman M.S. ’89

[My professors] educated me on how to understand diseases and how nutrition and exercise are related to that disease. That education and that empowerment has been applicable in every job I’ve had.

Bryan Silverman
M.S. ’89
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