2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
2Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
39Doctor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #104 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 39 doctor's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology to qualified students.
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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 doctor'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 colleges for exercise science and kinesiology students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Exercise Science and Kinesiology Schools
The exercise science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
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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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
