New Hampshire·Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations·SOC 29-2051

Best Dietetic Technician programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment

Assist in the provision of food service and nutritional programs, under the supervision of a dietitian.

2 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 65 people a year. The job pays a median of $41,830 in New Hampshire across about 230 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledDietary AideNutrition TechnicianDiet Tech (Dietetic Technician)Diet Technician Registered (DTR)Diet AideDiet ClerkMenu PlannerDietary Clerk
Graduates / yr
65
in New Hampshire
Median pay · New Hampshire
$41,830
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
230
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
68%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Hampshire that lead to this job

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

2 programs in New Hampshire that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Hampshire (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 New Hampshire page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
162
95.4%
1$30,508$24,586
23
4.6%
2$33,554$24,625

Top 2 schools in New Hampshire

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH Public · 2 feeder programs
63Nutrition Sciences$34,11576%88%
2Keene State College
Keene, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
2Dietetics/Dietitian$35,41960%90%

All 2 schools in New Hampshire

Every school in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of New Hampshire - Main CampusDurhamPublic632
Keene State CollegeKeenePublic21

What dietetic technicians earn in New Hampshire

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

Median annual in New Hampshire
$41,830
Mean annual
$41,980
Jobs in state
230
What the range looks like
10th pct$34,890Median$41,83090th pct$50,360
Versus the national median
+11.1%

U.S. median $37,640. New Hampshire pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.63×

Concentrated here: New Hampshire employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in New Hampshire

Manchester-Nashua, NH
$37,000median
70 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.5%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
4,000
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
800
30,900 → 31,700
Typical entry education
Associate'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 Dietetic Technicians page.

How to become a Dietetic Technician

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
Associate's degree

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

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The same job in other states

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

Related careers in New Hampshire

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 5 majors mapped to Dietetic Technicians5 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 19.0501Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • 30.1901Nutrition Sciences
  • 51.3101Dietetics/Dietitian
  • 51.3103Dietetic Technician
  • 51.3104Dietitian Assistant

Common questions

Answers for people weighing dietetic technicians programs in New Hampshire.

What degree do you need to become a Dietetic Technician?+

Associate's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Nutrition Sciences, which awarded 62 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 95.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Dietetic Technician?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Nutrition Sciences, Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. Together they graduate about 65 people a year in New Hampshire.

How much do dietetic technicians earn in New Hampshire?+

The median is $41,830 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 11.1% above the U.S. median of $37,640. 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 dietetic technicians growing?+

BLS projects a +2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 4,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+

2 institutions in New Hampshire reported graduates from at least one of the 2 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 dietetic technicians work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Dietary Aide, Nutrition Technician, Diet Tech (Dietetic Technician), Diet Technician Registered (DTR) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-2051.

Programs in New HampshireNutrition SciencesDietetics/Dietitian

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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