2023 Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$21,200
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Physiology for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 4,933 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 361 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 303 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Physiology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent exercise physiology and kinesiology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the exercise physiology and kinesiology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The exercise physiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Physiology for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Physiology for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying exercise physiology.
Top 2 Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Physiology for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 264 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1,242 of the 40,322 students enrolled at Texas Tech University were GI Bill® students, of which 630 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,480. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Physiology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, MSU Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Texas is a medium-sized school located in Wichita Falls, Texas that handed out 17 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
MSU Texas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, MSU Texas supports 5,860 students, and 318 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 137 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,829. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MSU Texas]](/colleges/midwestern-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.