2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,933 people earned their degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 599 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 exercise physiology and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in exercise physiology and kinesiology. That schools that top this list have a program in exercise physiology and kinesiology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 6 doctorate’s exercise physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 2 doctorate’s exercise physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Mizzou Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.