2025 Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
424Exercise Physiology Degrees Awarded
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #143 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of exercise physiology and kinesiology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 424 degrees in exercise physiology and kinesiology annually.
Choosing a Great Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology School
The exercise physiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Rankings by Degree Level
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 the Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Schools in the Southwest Region.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the exercise physiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Exercise Physiology
Any student pursuing a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology needs to look into Texas Tech University. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were approximately 316 exercise physiology and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
Rice University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. Located in the large city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #48 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rice is a great university overall.More information about a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology from Rice University
It's hard to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.More information about a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology from Arizona State University - Tempe
Located in the city of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 87th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 7 exercise physiology and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at UH Clear Lake in the most recent year we have data available.
MSU Texas is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Wichita Falls. This school ranks 51st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 36 exercise physiology and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at MSU Texas in the most recent data year.
One of 13 majors within the Physiology & Pathology Sciences area of study, Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Exercise Physiology
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The exercise physiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
