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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate” ranking.

Exercise Science and Kinesiology is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 32,740 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6,381 exercise science and kinesiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent exercise science and kinesiology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the exercise science and kinesiology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate”.

Top 5 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s exercise science degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M University - College Station, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 13 doctorate’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 47,090 students enrolled at University of Houston, 1,382 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 730 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,264. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Houston]](/colleges/university-of-houston/student-life/veterans/)

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s exercise science degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 50,476 students enrolled at UT Austin, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s exercise science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

UT Arlington also took the #5 spot in our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UT Arlington supports 48,072 students, and 2,109 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,211 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,630. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Exercise Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s exercise science degrees in 2020-2021.

TWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 495 of the 16,433 students enrolled at TWU were GI Bill® students, of which 251 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,466. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at TWU]](/colleges/texas-womans-university/student-life/veterans/)

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