2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools in Connecticut
3Colleges in Connecticut
143Exercise Science Degrees Awarded
Ranked #22 in popularity, exercise science and kinesiology is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 143 degrees in exercise science and kinesiology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Exercise Science and Kinesiology School
Your choice of exercise science and kinesiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for exercise science and kinesiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Science and Kinesiology Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Exercise Science and Kinesiology in Connecticut
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 science degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Connecticut is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 37 exercise science and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
Southern Connecticut State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 50 exercise science and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Central Connecticut State University if you wish to pursue a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. CCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of New Britain. This university ranks 14th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 31 exercise science and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of exercise science and kinesiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for exercise science and kinesiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
