2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 doctor's degrees in exercise science and kinesiology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on exercise science and kinesiology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of exercise science and kinesiology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Exercise Science and Kinesiology in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Exercise Science

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology needs to take a look at University of Georgia. UGA is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Athens.More information about a doctorate in exercise science and kinesiology from University of Georgia

2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of North Carolina at Greensboro if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in exercise science and kinesiology from University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Colleges by State

Explore the best exercise science and kinesiology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

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Exercise Science and Kinesiology Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Health & Physical Education area of study, Exercise Science and Kinesiology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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.