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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
537 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 563 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 537 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality exercise physiology and kinesiology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 224 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students list, BYU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Provo is $13,322 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full BYU Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Brigham Young University - Idaho is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 168 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to qualified students.

BYU - I also made our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend BYU - I is $7,167 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Full BYU - I Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

#3

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students list, UCCS has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $16,486 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students per year to attend UCCS.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

#4

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #4 spot on the list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 93 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to qualified students.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $15,246 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students per year to attend The University of Montana.

Read full report on Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at UM

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Idaho is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to qualified students.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $14,132 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students per year to attend University of Idaho.

Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at University of Idaho

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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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