Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
Focuses on the role of foods and nutrition in human health and wellness. Covers nutritional care and education, the planning and provision of food services, the development of consumable food products, life-span nutrition and wellness, the principles of nutritional assessment, and food safety and food composition.
Inside the major
Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 4 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
- Focuses on the role of foods and nutrition in human health and wellness. Covers nutritional care and education, the planning and provision of food services, the development of consumable food products, life-span nutrition and wellness, the principles of nutritional assessment, and food safety and food composition.
- Human Nutrition
- Focuses on the relationships between food consumption and human development and health. Covers the cellular and molecular processes of food processing in the human body, related metabolic processes, the relationship of food and nutrition to disease, and nutritional needs across the life span.
- Foodservice Systems Administration/Management
- Focuses on the principles and practices relating to the administration of food service systems in institutional settings, and that prepares you to manage such operations in public and private facilities. Covers human nutrition, food safety, the design and organization of food service systems, purchasing, personnel management, and related business practices.
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services, Other
- Foods, nutrition, and related services not listed above.
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- Median pay
- $44,080
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.4%
- Job openings a year
- 171,500
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
Explore this career Growing with the economyCooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- Median pay
- $37,450
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.8%
- Job openings a year
- 62,900
To get hiredNo formal educational credential
Explore this career GrowingFood Service Managers
- Median pay
- $69,390
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.8%
- Job openings a year
- 38,800
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
Explore this career GrowingDietitians and Nutritionists
- Median pay
- $76,400
- Hiring change through 2035
- 7.7%
- Job openings a year
- 5,700
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyDietetic Technicians
- Median pay
- $37,640
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.7%
- Job openings a year
- 4,200
To get hiredAssociate's degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyFamily and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $75,870
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.4%
- Job openings a year
- 200
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $29,981 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.
Working style
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