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CIP PROGRAM: 31.0501
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General.

Summary: A general program that focuses on activities and principles that promote physical fitness, achieve and maintain athletic prowess, and accomplish related research and service goals. Includes instruction in human movement studies, motivation studies, rules and practice of specific sports, exercise and fitness principles and techniques, basic athletic injury prevention and treatment, and organizing and leading fitness and sports programs.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 2204 10378 1106
2021 2056 10651 1086
2022 2366 10224 1003
2023 2431 9537 1021
2024 2288 9039 1102
Change +10.30% -8.10% -7.69%

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31 PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, FITNESS, AND KINESIOLOGY.
31.05 Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
31.0501 Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General.
31.0504 Sport and Fitness Administration/Management.
31.0505 Exercise Science and Kinesiology.
31.0507 Physical Fitness Technician.
31.0508 Sports Studies.
31.0599 Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online8 -
Adelphi University6 +100.00%
Austin College2 -
Austin Peay State University112 -20.21%
Averett University17 +36.36%
Baylor University59 -11.36%
Bellevue University12 +1200.00%
Berea College15 +87.50%
Bethany College24 +18.75%
Bethel College-North Newton10 -62.50%
Bluffton University6 -33.33%
Brevard College10 +33.33%
Bridgewater College48 +2.08%
Brigham Young University130 -24.72%
Brigham Young University-Hawaii32 +140.00%
Bryan College-Dayton18 -
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo75 -40.94%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt58 -36.13%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona175 +71.43%
California State University-Bakersfield80 -10.17%
California State University-Chico84 -20.43%
California State University-Dominguez Hills119 +8.76%
California State University-East Bay152 +27.70%
California State University-Fresno304 +13.24%
California State University-Fullerton542 +13.18%
California State University-Long Beach264 -12.91%
California State University-Los Angeles223 +2.14%
California State University-Monterey Bay132 -6.52%
California State University-Northridge397 -7.72%
California State University-Sacramento318 -1.31%
California State University-San Bernardino192 -15.29%
California State University-San Marcos164 -34.38%
California State University-Stanislaus23 -68.85%
Calvin University25 -2.94%
Cameron University34 +84.21%
Canisius University11 +100.00%
Carson-Newman University4 -
Central Michigan University2 -66.67%
Claflin University13 -
College of the Ozarks4 +100.00%
Concordia University Texas18 -17.65%
Concordia University-Irvine1 -83.33%
Concordia University-Nebraska4 -75.00%
Cornell College1 -40.00%
Dallas Baptist University14 -
DePauw University19 -
Dean College4 -50.00%
East Central University74 +26.67%
East Tennessee State University69 -28.57%
East Texas Baptist University13 -
Eastern Oregon University73 -
Emory & Henry University4 -14.29%
Emory University76 +5.00%
Fitchburg State University2 -
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University22 +30.77%
Freed-Hardeman University16 +125.00%
Friends University11 -71.43%
Gallaudet University10 -22.22%
Gardner-Webb University8 -
Georgetown College14 -
Georgia Southwestern State University4 -32.00%
Glenville State University16 -3.85%
Gonzaga University15 -
Graceland University-Lamoni4 -
Grand View University5 -42.86%
Guilford College19 -31.58%
Hanover College22 -30.00%
Howard Payne University12 -30.77%
Howard University69 -45.95%
Indiana Institute of Technology5 -
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus59 -22.55%
Indiana University-Bloomington19 -
Jacksonville University10 -100.00%
James Madison University116 -3.54%
Johnson University9 -28.57%
Johnson University Florida5 -50.00%
Keene State College3 -14.29%
Lewis-Clark State College17 -5.00%
Liberty University19 +266.67%
Lindenwood University9 -73.33%
Linfield University1 -50.00%
Louisiana Christian University12 +225.00%
Louisiana Tech University6 +350.00%
Lubbock Christian University18 +57.14%
Marian University1 -50.00%
Mars Hill University8 +600.00%
Mayville State University3 -50.00%
McDaniel College40 -
McPherson College8 -12.50%
Meredith College14 -52.00%
Methodist University6 +100.00%
Metropolitan State University of Denver2 -97.30%
Middle Tennessee State University11 -10.53%
Midland University9 -45.45%
Milligan University24 -39.39%
Minnesota State University-Mankato74 -13.56%
Mississippi University for Women25 +24.14%
Missouri Western State University31 -9.09%
Monmouth College1 -80.00%
Monmouth University36 -30.56%
Montana State University Billings18 +41.67%
Morehouse College23 +23.81%
Muskingum University21 +16.67%
Nebraska Wesleyan University9 -33.33%
North Carolina Central University36 +10.53%
North Park University26 +78.95%
Northern Illinois University60 -5.41%
Northern Michigan University4 -
Northern State University21 -37.50%
Northwestern State University of Louisiana28 +26.09%
Norwich University20 -38.89%
Oakland City University4 -
Ohio State University-Main Campus25 -
Ohio University-Main Campus99 -30.77%
Ohio Wesleyan University10 +33.33%
Oklahoma Panhandle State University15 +130.77%
Oklahoma Wesleyan University2 -
Pacific Union College3 +50.00%
Palm Beach Atlantic University8 +10.00%
Park University15 -11.76%
Pfeiffer University3 -100.00%
Philander Smith University8 +44.44%
Plymouth State University8 -27.78%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce29 -23.53%
Quincy University11 +266.67%
Randolph College16 -
Rockhurst University6 -
Rocky Mountain College3 -
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College3 -
Salem State University2 -100.00%
San Diego State University354 +8.56%
San Francisco State University173 -14.68%
San Jose State University260 +31.91%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania57 -26.76%
Sonoma State University80 +9.43%
South Carolina State University3 +400.00%
Southeast Missouri State University8 -29.17%
Southern Nazarene University1 -50.00%
Southern Oregon University32 -71.43%
Southwest Minnesota State University5 -36.36%
Southwestern Adventist University4 -
Spring Arbor University12 -18.18%
St Catherine University14 -4.35%
St. Andrews University6 -
State University of New York at Oswego68 +9.52%
Syracuse University3 +200.00%
Tabor College8 +20.00%
Tennessee State University26 -25.00%
Tennessee Technological University102 -11.96%
Tennessee Wesleyan University11 -46.15%
Texas Christian University5 -28.57%
The University of Findlay9 -36.36%
The University of Montana-Western3 -86.67%
The University of Olivet4 -82.61%
The University of Tennessee Southern7 -52.17%
The University of Tennessee-Martin85 +17.65%
The University of Texas at Austin31 +82.35%
Thomas More University10 -
Tiffin University13 -33.33%
Tougaloo College2 -
Union College3 -38.46%
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus9 -21.43%
University of Arkansas17 -50.29%
University of Arkansas at Monticello16 -44.83%
University of Georgia7 +10.00%
University of Guam13 -100.00%
University of Hawaii at Manoa6 -16.67%
University of Jamestown4 -
University of Louisville101 -7.75%
University of Lynchburg2 +50.00%
University of Maine at Presque Isle7 +250.00%
University of Massachusetts-Boston147 +6.80%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor31 +47.06%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus12 -66.67%
University of New Orleans25 -4.17%
University of North Alabama1 -
University of North Carolina Wilmington16 +125.00%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill365 +6.79%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte2 -92.59%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke85 +5.10%
University of Northern Iowa64 -26.44%
University of Providence1 -
University of Rhode Island10 -
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma11 -30.77%
University of Utah1 -100.00%
University of West Florida16 -92.13%
University of Wisconsin-Platteville26 +8.33%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point23 -19.51%
University of the Cumberlands57 +135.48%
University of the Pacific49 +52.78%
Upper Iowa University10 -
Utah Valley University113 +4.20%
Utica University4 +37.50%
Valley City State University1 -66.67%
Vermont State University19 -
Warner Pacific University1 -
Washburn University29 +92.00%
Wayland Baptist University7 +200.00%
Webber International University18 -
Weber State University28 +28.57%
Welch College1 -
West Chester University of Pennsylvania156 -12.02%
West Virginia State University21 +66.67%
West Virginia University194 +48.15%
Western New Mexico University18 -15.38%
Westfield State University42 -41.18%
William & Mary125 -9.68%
William Carey University47 -
Williams Baptist University14 +125.00%
Wright State University-Main Campus3 -
Youngstown State University5 -