2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Exercise Science and Kinesiology in Kentucky

If you pursue a master's degree in exercise science and kinesiology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #70 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the most popular for exercise science and kinesiology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 master's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Exercise Science and Kinesiology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in exercise science matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Exercise Science and Kinesiology in Kentucky ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for exercise science and kinesiology, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for exercise science and kinesiology.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Exercise Science and Kinesiology in Kentucky

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in exercise science and kinesiology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Exercise Science Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

31 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Kentucky if you wish to pursue a master's degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology in Kentucky.

There were about 31 exercise science and kinesiology individuals who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.

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2

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

29 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Eastern Kentucky University if you want to pursue a master's degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology in Kentucky.

There were approximately 29 exercise science and kinesiology individuals who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in exercise science and kinesiology has to take a look at University of Louisville. UofL is a very large public university located in the large city of Louisville. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology in Kentucky.

There were approximately 9 exercise science and kinesiology individuals who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Exercise Science and Kinesiology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	427	85
Georgia	361	153
North Carolina	323	102
Virginia	305	112
Tennessee	296	97
South Carolina	251	8
Alabama	248	44
Louisiana	235	72
Mississippi	205	29
Arkansas	184	37
West Virginia	154	15

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Exercise Science and Kinesiology Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Health & Physical Education area of study, Exercise Science and Kinesiology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Exercise Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Sports Management	38

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.