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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 32,740 people earned their degree in exercise science and kinesiology, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States.
Across Michigan, there were 1,437 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their exercise science and kinesiology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s exercise science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Northern Michigan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Michigan Technological University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s exercise science degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Wayne State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s exercise science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Michigan State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 13 masters’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 Science and Kinesiology at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
With a ranking of #6, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan list. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Western Michigan University
With a ranking of #7, Oakland University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan list. Oakland is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 29 masters’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Calvin University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Exercise Science Major in Michigan ranking. Calvin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Calvin
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