2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Science and Kinesiology in the Far Western US Region

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 Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Exercise Science and Kinesiology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 31,165 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4,256 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great exercise science and kinesiology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the exercise science and kinesiology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Exercise Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Exercise Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree exercise science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Science and Kinesiology in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Exercise Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s exercise science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Las Vegas are $21,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Exercise Science and Kinesiology at UNLV

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Exercise Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 3 doctorate’s exercise science degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Oregon State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Exercise Science 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

• *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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