Kredi
Registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN)
The credential that separates a dietitian from anyone calling themselves a nutritionist — and which since 2024 needs a master's degree, raising the cost of entry without moving the pay.
Ki sa li koute pou jwenn — mwatye mitan nan seri a.
Yon mwa de fòmasyon, tan plen. Tan pati pran plis tan.
Mois de la prime de salè ki nesesè pou kouvri sa koute. Pa mwa jiskaske ou se devan an jeneral — tan an nan fòmasyon anwo a vini premye.
Fonksyon: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · View
Ki sa sa a se yon valè, ak sa li pa se
This is the master's route, which is now the only route. It rests on a thin base — only about twenty institutions report a graduate debt figure for this programme code — so treat it as indicative of the level rather than precise. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
Since 1 January 2024 the credential requires a master's degree, so the route is a bachelor's in dietetics or an equivalent, then a master's and a supervised practice programme of 1,000 hours, then the registration examination. The supervised practice place is the bottleneck, and it is competitive.
Registration is maintained through a five-year continuing professional education cycle and an annual fee.
Ki kantite moun ki gen sak ki kantite moun ki travay nan jaden an
Nimewo ki pa nan figi salè a
Nan 114,164 people holding the registered dietitian credential Konte nan 2026, Resansman 2010 la 77,570 travay nan travay li se pou yo — 67.9%. Ki kite 36,594 detèktè li pa kont pou.
Sa a se yon limit anwo, pa yon pousantaj desans. Te gen yon kredi se pa menm bagay la kòm chèche pou travay ak li. Gap la gen tout moun ki te deplase nan jesyon, edikasyon, lavant, enspeksyon oswa yon travay ki gen rapò ke dosye done federal anba yon lòt ocupación; tout moun ki te retire oswa kite san yo pa remèt kredi; tout moun ki travay part-time, ajans oswa travay pou tèt yo nan yon fason ke sondaj emplois pa capture; ak tout moun ki te gen li kòm yon dezyèm string pou yon lòt travay. Se konsa, gap la se plafon an sou ki jan anpil moun ki gen eksperyans pa ap travay nan domèn sa a - figi a reyèl se pi ba, e li pa yon kont de nenpòt moun ki se san travay. Ki sa ki pare a fè etabli se gwosè a nan pisin lan ki pibliye figi a peye se silans sou, ki se bagay la pa peye sit wèb montre ou.
De pati yo se kont ki rete. Detentè sou yon dat kont travay nan yon peryòd — menm kalite kantite lajan, ki se sèl rezon ki fè de ka divize nan tout.
Ki sa ki gen ladan kont la: Individuals currently on the Commission on Dietetic Registration's register as an RD or RDN. Dietetic technicians are a separate and much smaller credential (3,303) and are not in this number. The page CDR publishes it on updates continuously rather than annually, so this is the value on the date shown and will have moved. CDR publishes no split between people practising and people keeping the credential current, and no US/non-US split.
Denominatè: people holding the registered dietitian credential = 114,164 (Standing count of people holding the credential, CDR registry statistics, retrieved 26 July 2026) · Commission on Dietetic Registration, Registry Statistics · View
The gap here contains a group this site can name precisely: people who hold the credential and work in food service management, public health, industry, research or teaching, all of which federal employment data files under other occupations. It also contains people keeping the registration current while not practising, which CDR does not separate.
Ki sa li pèmèt ou fè
Salè a gen rapò ak travay la, pa ak lisans lan. Sa yo se travay li bay ou dwa pou yo.
| Job | Èske li nesesè? | Median | Travayè |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietitians and Nutritionists | Legally required to hold the job | $76,400 | 77,570 |
Sit ofisyèl (an angle) Sit ofisyèl (an franse) Sit ofisyèl (an angle) BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Èske li peye pou li?
Travay sa a deblotché peye yon mwayèn de $76,400. Median emploi-pondérée nan tout travay nou pibliye se $50,020, Se konsa, prim pou kenbe sa a se sou $26,380 yon ane anvan taks.
Li sa a kòm yon konparasyon ak yon travay mwayèn, pa nan travay ou. Ki sa ki se bazline a, ak sa li pa gen ladan
Li pa t' gen okenn travay. Tout figi ranbousman sou sit sa a se kondisyonèl sou yo dwe anboche nan travay la. Sa a se supposition a kredatif-posede kont la anwo egziste pou teste, epi li se supposition a chak lòt sit peye fè san yo pa di anyen.
Ki sa ou bezwen anvan ou kòmanse
- An ACEND-accredited degree in dietetics
- A master's degree — required for anyone credentialing from 2024
- A supervised practice programme of at least 1,000 hours
- A pass in the CDR registration examination
Pa fè sa si
- you have not secured a supervised practice place — the degree alone does not reach the credential and places are rationed
- you are borrowing for the master's expecting the credential to lift the pay; the requirement changed, the pay did not
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