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2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
554 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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” 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” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the exercise physiology and kinesiology program at the school. 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

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Plains States Region

#1

Central College

Pella, Iowa
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Central is a small school located in Pella, Iowa that handed out 28 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Central did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central is $23,269 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students.

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 Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 130 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students 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. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also made our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,382 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students per year to attend WSU.

Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at WSU

#4

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. 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.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $17,740 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students per year to attend UMN 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#5

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Drury University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to qualified students.

Drury University also made our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $18,419 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students per year to attend Drury University.

Read more about Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at Drury University

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. 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 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 $24,066 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Exercise Physiology students.

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%.

Full The College of Saint Scholastica Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

#7

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Creighton University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Exercise Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s exercise physiology degrees to 69 students in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #4 spot in our “Best Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Creighton is $31,400 for plains states region bachelor’s degree exercise physiology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Creighton University Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

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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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