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2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
554 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,605 people earned their degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 654 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 554 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in exercise physiology and kinesiology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great exercise physiology and kinesiology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the exercise physiology and kinesiology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 191 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,418 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 93%.

Read full report on Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at UMN Twin Cities

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 130 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,089 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend K -State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at Kansas State University

#3

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,543 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wichita State University.

Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at WSU

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Saint Scholastica. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. The College of Saint Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 27 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students whose families make $30-$48k list, St. Scholastica has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St. Scholastica is $22,004 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at St. Scholastica

#5

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s exercise physiology students in 2019-2020.

Drury University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drury University is $16,294 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at Drury University

#6

Central College

Pella, Iowa
#3 in overall quality

Central College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Pella, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s exercise physiology students in 2019-2020.

Central also made our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Central is $19,207 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Central College Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

#7

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#4 in overall quality

Creighton University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $28,108 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at Creighton University

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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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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