2024 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Exercise Science and Kinesiology is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for exercise science and kinesiology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 162 bachelor's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to exercise science and kinesiology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other exercise science and kinesiology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized exercise science and kinesiology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for exercise science and kinesiology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools

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 Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Exercise Science and Kinesiology in South Dakota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Bachelor's in Exercise Science

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

29 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology needs to take a look at South Dakota State University. South Dakota State is a large public university located in the town of Brookings.More information about a bachelor’s in exercise science and kinesiology from South Dakota State University

2

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD

32 Annual Graduates

University of Sioux Falls is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in exercise science and kinesiology from University of Sioux Falls

Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	565
Minnesota	446	480
Iowa	403	825
Kansas	352	254
Nebraska	331	138
North Dakota	251	128

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Rankings in Majors Related to Exercise Science

Exercise Science and Kinesiology is one of 5 different types of Health & Physical Education programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Exercise Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Sports Management	70
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	14
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	13

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.