2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Plains States Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 5,679 people earned their degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 551 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. That schools that top this list have a program in exercise physiology and kinesiology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s exercise physiology students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s exercise physiology students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Missouri - Columbia Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
