2023 Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
70
Degrees Awarded
$36,200
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Exercise Physiology” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,933 people earned their degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 70 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Exercise Physiology” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality exercise physiology and kinesiology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the exercise physiology and kinesiology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Exercise Physiology
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Exercise Physiology”.
Top 2 Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Exercise Physiology that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s exercise physiology degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our california vets studying exercise physiology list, UC Irvine has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, UC Irvine supports 36,303 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Irvine]](/colleges/university-of-california-irvine/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Exercise Physiology that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cal Baptist is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 28 ’s exercise physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
Cal Baptist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Cal Baptist supports 11,317 students, and 532 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 390 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,716. In addition to receiving other benefits, 162 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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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.