2023 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan
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Ranked Colleges
1,356
Degrees Awarded
$28,600
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Exercise Science and Kinesiology is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 32,740 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Michigan, there were 1,437 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,356 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great exercise science and kinesiology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the exercise science and kinesiology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree vets studying exercise science.
Top 13 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 126 bachelors’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
U-M also made our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, U-M supports 47,907 students, and 570 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 325 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $27,058. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. U-M offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor]](/colleges/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 182 bachelors’s exercise science degrees to qualified students.
Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.Of the 17,311 students enrolled at Central Michigan University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $425. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 58 degrees to qualified bachelors’s exercise science students in 2020-2021.
WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.Among the 19,887 students enrolled at WMU, 584 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,981. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s exercise science degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.Among the 16,294 students enrolled at Eastern Michigan University, 486 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 265 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,462. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s. Located in Allendale, Michigan, this large public school awarded 250 degrees to qualified bachelors’s exercise science students in 2020-2021.
GVSU also made our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #4.Of the 23,350 students enrolled at Grand Valley State University, 479 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 198 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,686. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 23 bachelors’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.According to our most recent data, Wayne State University supports 26,241 students, and 470 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 244 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,101. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wayne State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Wayne State Veteran Student Life Report
Michigan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 388 bachelors’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.According to our most recent data, Michigan State supports 49,695 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,686. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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Olivet College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Olivet, Michigan, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Olivet, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 26 of the 1,023 students enrolled at Olivet College were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,772. 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.
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Northern Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Northern Michigan University is a public institution located in Marquette, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Northern Michigan University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.Our most recent data shows that 337 of the 7,368 students enrolled at Northern Michigan University were GI Bill® students, of which 136 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,630. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Northern Michigan University Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #10, Saginaw Valley State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s list. Saginaw Valley State University is a public institution located in University Center, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Saginaw Valley State University also took the #11 spot in our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.According to our most recent data, Saginaw Valley State University supports 8,028 students, and 175 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 72 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,123. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Saginaw Valley State University]](/colleges/saginaw-valley-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Hope College ranked #11 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s list. Hope College is a small school located in Holland, Michigan that handed out 36 bachelors’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
Hope did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.Among the 3,061 students enrolled at Hope College, 23 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,425. In addition to receiving other benefits, 12 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Hope College]](/colleges/hope-college/student-life/veterans/)
Cornerstone University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. Cornerstone University is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s exercise science degrees to qualified students.
Cornerstone did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.Our most recent data shows that 61 of the 1,917 students enrolled at Cornerstone University were GI Bill® students, of which 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,056. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cornerstone University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Cornerstone University Veteran Student Life Report
Adrian College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Exercise Science for a Bachelor’s ranking. Adrian, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s exercise science degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Adrian also took the #6 spot in our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.Of the 1,865 students enrolled at Adrian, 29 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,812. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Adrian College]](/colleges/adrian-college/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.
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