2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools in Arizona
4Colleges in Arizona
455Exercise Science Degrees Awarded
Exercise Science and Kinesiology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for exercise science and kinesiology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 455 degrees in exercise science and kinesiology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Exercise Science and Kinesiology School
The exercise science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Exercise Science and Kinesiology rankings. For our Best Overall Exercise Science and Kinesiology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Exercise Science and Kinesiology Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Exercise Science and Kinesiology in Arizona
The schools below may not offer all types of exercise science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 184 exercise science and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Northern Arizona University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 140 exercise science and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year.
Grand Canyon University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 95 exercise science and kinesiology students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University 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).
The exercise science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Exercise Science and Kinesiology rankings. For our Best Overall Exercise Science and Kinesiology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
