Florida·Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations·SOC 29-1299

Best Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioner, All Other programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment

All healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners not listed.

6 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 250 people a year. The job pays a median of $99,260 in Florida across about 850 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledPhysicianOrthoptistDoctor (Dr)Naturopathic DoctorCertified OrthoptistClinical Orthoptist (CO)Naturopathic Medicine DoctorAurist
Graduates / yr
250
in Florida
Median pay · Florida
$99,260
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
850
people employed
Schools
6
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
61%
across those schools
Median net price
$29,513
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Florida that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

3 programs in Florida that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Florida (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Florida page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.3300In Florida
134
53.6%
1$27,262$18,492
2
CIP 51.3301In Florida
109
43.6%
4$27,262$18,492
3
CIP 51.3401In Florida
7
2.8%
1$40,712$21,789

Top 6 schools in Florida

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 6 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Everglades University
Boca Raton, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
134Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems, General$26,84761%$29,51381%
2Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine
Fort Lauderdale, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
60Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
3Florida College of Integrative Medicine
Orlando, FL Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
21Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
4Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
Gainesville, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
14Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
5Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine
Bradenton, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
14Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
6Florida School of Traditional Midwifery
Gainesville, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
7Direct Entry Midwifery

All 6 schools in Florida

Every school in Florida with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Florida that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Everglades UniversityBoca RatonPrivate not-for-profit1341
Atlantic Institute of Oriental MedicineFort LauderdalePrivate not-for-profit601
Florida College of Integrative MedicineOrlandoPrivate for-profit211
Academy for Five Element AcupunctureGainesvillePrivate not-for-profit141
Dragon Rises College of Oriental MedicineBradentonPrivate not-for-profit141
Florida School of Traditional MidwiferyGainesvillePrivate not-for-profit71

What healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other earn in Florida

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Florida
$99,260
Mean annual
$104,860
Jobs in state
850
What the range looks like
10th pct$78,260Median$99,26090th pct$141,460
Versus the national median
-13.8%

U.S. median $115,210. Florida pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.47×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Florida

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
$107,810median
250 jobs
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$96,820median
230 jobs
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
$88,710median
100 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.0%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
2,400
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
800
41,300 → 42,200
Typical entry education
Master's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other page.

How to become a Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioner, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Master's degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Active ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingReading ComprehensionWritingActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Florida

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 14 majors mapped to Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other10 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 51.3300Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems, General
  • 51.3301Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
  • 51.3303Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy
  • 51.3304Homeopathic Medicine/Homeopathy(no graduates reported)
  • 51.3305Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda
  • 51.3306Holistic/Integrative Health
  • 51.3399Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems, Other
  • 51.3401Direct Entry Midwifery
  • 51.3499Alternative and Complementary Medical Support Services, Other
  • 51.3701Aromatherapy
  • 51.3702Herbalism/Herbalist
  • 51.3703Polarity Therapy(no graduates reported)
  • 51.3704Reiki(no graduates reported)
  • 51.3799Energy and Biologically Based Therapies, Other(no graduates reported)

Common questions

Answers for people weighing healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other programs in Florida.

What degree do you need to become a Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioner, All Other?+

Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems, General, which awarded 134 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 53.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioner, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems, Alternative and Complementary Medical Support Services. Together they graduate about 250 people a year in Florida.

How much do healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other earn in Florida?+

The median is $99,260 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.8% below the U.S. median of $115,210. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 2,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+

6 institutions in Florida reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Physician, Orthoptist, Doctor (Dr), Naturopathic Doctor, Certified Orthoptist, Clinical Orthoptist (CO) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1299.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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