2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in the Plains States Region

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Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 4,933 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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 “Most Well Attended Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in exercise physiology and kinesiology.

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Most Well Attended Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree exercise physiology students.

Top 2 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s exercise physiology students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Exercise Physiology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s exercise physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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

• *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.