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Credentials that raise your pay

• Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist

  The one hospitals ask for. A master's degree plus 600 clinical hours, or a bachelor's plus 1,200.

• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

  The route into college and professional sports performance work.

• Cancer or pulmonary exercise specialization

  Narrow, growing, and short of qualified people.

• Ergonomics assessment training

  Corporate and insurance work pays well and keeps normal hours.