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Career Options for ENS Majors

A-Z Career Options for ENS Majors

The number of career options in the allied health fields related to Exercise and Nutritional Sciences is only limited by the imagination. Below is an alphabetized list of many options for your consideration. Some of these occupations may require additional education at Graduate or Professional schools.

A

  • Activity Specialist
  • Adaptive Physical Educator
  • Adventure Educator
  • Aerobics Instructor
  • After-school Program Coordinator
  • Anatomist
  • Aquatics Instructor
  • Assisted Living Facility Fitness Director
  • Athletic Director
  • Athletic/Sports Coach
  • Athletic Trainer

B

  • Brewer/Vintner

C

  • Camp Director/Owner
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist/Therapist
  • Cardiopulmonologist
  • Cardiovascular Fitness Instructor
  • Cereal Scientist
  • Chiropractor
  • Church Wellness Ministry
  • Community Center Manager
  • Community College Instructor/Coach
  • Community Program Director
  • Consumer Safety Officer
  • Cooperative Extension Service Agent
  • Corporate Fitness and Wellness Instructor
  • Cruise Ship Activity Director
  • Culinary Scientist

D

  • Dairy Scientist
  • Dance/Movement Therapist
  • Diet Counselor
  • Dietitian
  • Disability Sport Coach/Trainer

E

  • Entrepreneur
  • Equine Exercise Physiologist
  • Equipment Designer
  • Equipment Manager/Sales
  • Ergonomic Researcher/Designer
  • Exercise Physiologist
  • Exercise Researcher
  • Exercise Science & Fitness Manager
  • Exercise Test Consultant/Technologist

F

  • Field Supervisor for Parks & Recreation
  • Fitness Appraiser
  • Fitness Coach
  • Fitness Consultant
  • Fitness/Exercise Instructor
  • Fitness/Wellness Club Manager
  • Flavor Chemist
  • Food Chemist
  • Food Designer
  • Food Educator
  • Food Engineer
  • Food Industry Researcher
  • Food Marketer & Salesperson
  • Food Labeling
  • Food Microbiologist
  • Food Plant Production Manager/Supervisor
  • Food Policy Analyst
  • Food Process & Packaging Design Engineer
  • Food Product/Ingredient Development Scientist
  • Food Product Distributor
  • Food Safety Inspector
  • Food Science Technician
  • Food Scientist
  • Food Service Assistant/Director
  • Food Technologist
  • Food Toxicologist

G

  • Geriatric Fitness/Wellness Instructor
  • Golf Instructor/Pro
  • Gym Manager/Owner

H

  • Hand Therapist
  • Healthcare Aide
  • Health Care Consultant
  • Health Club or Spa Director/Manager
  • Health Coach
  • Health Educator
  • Health/Fitness Consultant
  • Health Food Store Staff
  • Health Inspector

I

  • Ingredient, Product, Or Equipment Sales Representative/Manager

K

  • Kinesiologist
  • Kinesiotherapist

L

  • Leisure Educator

M

  • Manufacturing Research
  • Market Researcher
  • Massage Therapist
  • Meat Scientist
  • Military Exercise Scientist

N

  • Natural Products Researcher
  • Nurse
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Nutritional Counselor
  • Nutrition Educator
  • Nutritionist
  • Nutritional Supplement/Vitamin Sales

O

  • Occupational Therapist
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Orthopedic Technician
  • Orthotist
  • Osteopath
  • Outdoor Educator

P

  • Packaging Specialist
  • Parks & Recreation Program Director/Supervisor
  • Personal Trainer
  • Pharmaceutical Sales
  • Physical Education Teacher
  • Physical Therapy Assistant
  • Physical Therapist
  • Physician/Sports Medicine
  • Physician Assistant
  • Physiotherapist
  • Pilates Instructor/Studio Owner
  • Plant Manager/Supervisor
  • Pre/Post Natal Fitness Coach/Instructor
  • Prison Recreation Specialist
  • Product Development
  • Prosthetist

Q

  • Quality Control Supervisor

R

  • Racquet Sport Instructor/Pro
  • Recreation & Leisure Supervisor
  • Recreation & Sports Director
  • Recreation Specialist/Staff
  • Recreation Therapist
  • Referee/Umpire
  • Regulatory Affairs Specialist
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Chef
  • Rehabilitation Therapist

S

  • Sensory Scientist
  • Spa Manager/Owner
  • Special Population Wellness Instructor
  • Sporting Goods Sales Representative
  • Sports Coach
  • Sports Facility Manager
  • Sports Medicine Physician
  • Sports Nutritionist
  • Sports Officiating
  • Sports/Exercise Psychologist
  • Strength & Conditioning Specialist

U

  • University Lecturer
  • University Professor

W

  • Wellness Coach/Trainer
  • Work Hardening
  • Worksite Analyst

Y

  • Yoga Instructor/Studio Owner
  • Youth Wellness Program Director/Instructor
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