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CIP PROGRAM: 31.0505
Exercise Science and Kinesiology.

Summary: A scientific program that focuses on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics of human movement, and applications to exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation. Includes instruction in biomechanics, motor behavior, motor development and coordination, motor neurophysiology, performance research, rehabilitative therapies, the development of diagnostic and rehabilitative methods and equipment, and related analytical methods and procedures in applied exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 2149 25719 2599
2021 2470 25670 2727
2022 2458 27068 2913
2023 2693 26565 2913
2024 2675 26462 2880
Change +25.31% +3.29% +12.08%

Related CIPs

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 Exercise Science and Kinesiology.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University40 -
Adams State University32 -19.44%
Adelphi University28 -32.56%
Adrian College30 +13.79%
Albion College31 +15.63%
Alice Lloyd College6 -30.77%
Alma College22 -
Alverno College6 -
American International College5 -
American Public University System374 +2.94%
Anderson University7 -38.89%
Anderson University48 +71.43%
Andrews University2 -100.00%
Angelo State University87 -12.64%
Appalachian State University255 +44.21%
Aquinas College7 -14.29%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion214 -
Arkansas State University67 -30.00%
Arkansas Tech University1 -
Asbury University12 +160.00%
Auburn University at Montgomery37 +15.79%
Augsburg University17 -15.00%
Augusta University55 +32.84%
Augustana University22 +70.00%
Aurora University39 +104.55%
Austin College1 -
Austin Peay State University28 -
Avila University14 +214.29%
Azusa Pacific University46 +155.88%
Bacone College6 -
Baker University26 +58.33%
Ball State University56 -28.72%
Barton College24 +228.57%
Baylor University9 -30.00%
Belhaven University19 -30.77%
Bellarmine University30 -8.70%
Belmont University36 -47.06%
Bemidji State University24 -20.83%
Benedictine College9 +60.00%
Benedictine University15 -45.45%
Berry College31 -23.53%
Bethel University38 +55.17%
Bethel University43 -
Bethel University7 -16.67%
Bethune-Cookman University29 +40.00%
Biola University33 -28.00%
Blue Mountain Christian University18 +26.67%
Bluefield University19 -
Bob Jones University28 -10.53%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus50 -
Brenau University5 -
Brevard College13 +62.50%
Brewton-Parker College1 -
Briar Cliff University2 +16.67%
Buena Vista University10 -33.33%
Bushnell University4 -
CUNY Brooklyn College48 +32.08%
CUNY Lehman College63 +14.49%
CUNY Queens College45 -5.45%
Cabrini University7 +15.38%
California Baptist University130 +2.75%
California Lutheran University48 -3.45%
California State University-Chico96 -3.17%
California State University-Los Angeles51 -27.14%
California State University-Stanislaus49 -
Campbell University68 +5.80%
Campbellsville University10 +11.11%
Canisius University10 -
Capital University14 -40.91%
Carroll University105 +2.91%
Carson-Newman University29 +10.34%
Carthage College24 +13.33%
Catawba College24 +123.08%
Cedar Crest College6 -
Cedarville University4 +71.43%
Central Baptist College13 -21.43%
Central Christian College of Kansas6 +33.33%
Central Connecticut State University47 -40.38%
Central Michigan University122 -39.29%
Central State University12 -
Central Washington University65 +231.58%
Charleston Southern University25 -7.50%
Chatham University25 +31.58%
Chowan University15 +25.00%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina33 -24.24%
Cleveland University-Kansas City4 -
Coastal Carolina University96 -1.52%
Coe College16 +155.56%
Coker University16 +550.00%
Colby-Sawyer College8 -65.22%
College of Saint Mary12 +166.67%
Colorado Christian University2 -
Colorado Mesa University98 -12.28%
Colorado State University Pueblo27 +28.89%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins217 -14.46%
Columbia College6 -
Columbus State University44 +48.57%
Concordia College at Moorhead12 -
Concordia University Ann Arbor1 +66.67%
Concordia University-Chicago83 +252.63%
Concordia University-Irvine29 -
Concordia University-Nebraska4 -7.69%
Concordia University-Saint Paul66 +1.15%
Corban University17 -
Cornell College17 -
Cornerstone University17 -64.00%
Crown College5 +50.00%
Cumberland University27 +41.18%
Dakota State University17 -
Dakota Wesleyan University7 -
Davis & Elkins College14 -10.00%
DePaul University10 -44.44%
DeSales University17 +40.00%
Dean College16 -
Defiance College14 -50.00%
Delaware State University40 -
Dickinson State University13 -
Dordt University18 -36.36%
Drake University8 -28.57%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania58 -35.14%
Eastern Illinois University53 -37.08%
Eastern Kentucky University38 +38.71%
Eastern Michigan University38 -36.96%
Eastern University15 -41.67%
Elizabeth City State University28 +360.00%
Elizabethtown College2 -
Elmhurst University21 -55.56%
Elon University47 +23.08%
Emmanuel University13 +23.53%
Emory & Henry University27 -
Endicott College52 +21.43%
Eureka College6 -30.77%
Evangel University8 -25.00%
Fairmont State University47 -38.10%
Faulkner University4 -
Florida Atlantic University173 -24.58%
Florida Gulf Coast University70 +51.35%
Fontbonne University6 -
Fort Lewis College43 -38.18%
Franklin College22 -
Fresno Pacific University5 +200.00%
Frostburg State University30 -40.54%
Furman University55 -
Gannon University49 +50.00%
George Fox University32 +66.67%
George Mason University81 +28.36%
Georgia College & State University89 +3.85%
Georgia Gwinnett College65 +1.22%
Georgia Southern University201 +8.98%
Georgian Court University14 +41.67%
Goshen College3 -20.00%
Grace College and Theological Seminary16 -27.27%
Grand Canyon University94 +10.47%
Grand Valley State University193 -22.88%
Grand View University22 +76.47%
Greensboro College14 +30.77%
Greenville University7 -53.85%
Grove City College20 +23.53%
Hamline University11 +60.00%
Hampton University18 +26.47%
Hannibal-LaGrange University8 -66.67%
Hanover College15 +21.05%
Hardin-Simmons University28 +45.00%
Harding University34 -31.82%
Hastings College18 +21.43%
Heidelberg University5 +200.00%
High Point University58 -20.83%
Hillsdale College11 -6.67%
Hope College35 +18.92%
Hope International University22 -
Houghton University5 -
Houston Christian University34 -29.03%
Huntingdon College22 -13.04%
Huntington University3 -
Husson University59 -
Huston-Tillotson University20 -27.78%
Illinois State University77 -1.49%
Immaculata University22 -46.15%
Indiana Institute of Technology4 -
Indiana State University30 -40.54%
Indiana University-Bloomington376 +0.54%
Indiana University-Indianapolis91 -28.70%
Iowa State University250 -14.57%
Jacksonville University17 +245.45%
Jarvis Christian University34 -40.00%
John Brown University22 -8.33%
John Carroll University50 -4.44%
Kansas Wesleyan University12 +150.00%
Kean University49 -
Keene State College12 +70.00%
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale41 +4.55%
Kennesaw State University135 +13.93%
Kent State University at Kent62 -32.71%
Kentucky Wesleyan College14 +22.22%
King University19 +450.00%
King's College20 +100.00%
La Roche University8 -
La Sierra University13 -74.36%
LaGrange College10 -53.33%
Lake Superior State University19 +23.81%
Lakeland University5 -42.86%
Lamar University8 +8.33%
Lander University29 -
Lasell University19 +88.89%
LeTourneau University7 -25.00%
Lebanon Valley College87 +18.46%
Lee University9 +75.00%
Lees-McRae College9 -
Lenoir-Rhyne University24 -
Lewis University17 +17.39%
Lewis-Clark State College9 -50.00%
Liberty University94 -42.96%
Lincoln Memorial University20 -16.67%
Lindenwood University68 -27.16%
Linfield University19 -13.04%
Lipscomb University12 +85.71%
Long Island University8 -46.43%
Longwood University41 -31.11%
Loras College28 +21.74%
Louisiana Christian University9 -28.57%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria7 -
Lourdes University8 -
Loyola University Chicago34 -
Luther College5 -
Lyon College17 -
Madonna University13 -
Malone University15 +55.56%
Manchester University16 -33.33%
Manhattan College28 -
Marian University25 +123.08%
Marian University10 -68.75%
Marietta College5 -
Marshall University30 -14.29%
Mary Baldwin University5 -
Marymount Manhattan College2 -
Maryville College10 -58.33%
Maryville University of Saint Louis17 -
Marywood University3 -
McKendree University19 +5.88%
McMurry University8 +340.00%
McNeese State University70 -7.89%
Mercy University17 -8.33%
Merrimack College45 -
Methodist University14 -40.00%
Metropolitan State University of Denver68 +306.25%
Miami University-Oxford147 -21.12%
Michigan State University298 -16.35%
Michigan Technological University16 -19.05%
MidAmerica Nazarene University13 +44.44%
Middle Tennessee State University107 +17.70%
Midland University6 -
Midwestern State University3 +66.67%
Millikin University9 -
Minnesota State University Moorhead30 -31.58%
Mississippi College33 -1.64%
Mississippi State University268 -6.27%
Missouri Baptist University11 -9.09%
Missouri State University-Springfield79 +4.85%
Missouri Valley College33 +29.63%
Monmouth College21 -6.25%
Montclair State University135 +40.23%
Morehead State University29 +28.95%
Mount Mercy University14 -
Mount Vernon Nazarene University17 +75.00%
Murray State University22 -18.18%
Nebraska Wesleyan University22 +25.00%
New England College8 +85.71%
New Jersey City University5 -
New Mexico State University-Main Campus74 -5.88%
Newberry College11 -
Norfolk State University42 -10.00%
North Carolina Wesleyan University15 +66.67%
North Central College30 -30.30%
North Dakota State University-Main Campus34 -5.88%
Northeastern State University56 -17.81%
Northern Arizona University113 +1.45%
Northern Michigan University31 +9.68%
Northwestern College11 +187.50%
Norwich University6 -
Nova Southeastern University52 +38.24%
Oakland University61 -
Occidental College16 -
Ohio Dominican University25 -11.76%
Ohio Northern University14 -38.46%
Ohio Wesleyan University10 -
Oklahoma Baptist University9 -100.00%
Oklahoma City University11 -31.25%
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus93 +196.00%
Oklahoma Wesleyan University5 -
Old Dominion University26 -
Olivet Nazarene University24 -11.11%
Oral Roberts University5 +16.67%
Oregon State University223 -13.73%
Ottawa University-Ottawa18 -50.00%
Ottawa University-Surprise31 -
Ouachita Baptist University14 +66.67%
Our Lady of the Lake University23 +29.41%
Pacific Lutheran University41 -
Pacific University43 -12.50%
Palm Beach Atlantic University16 +7.14%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus210 -9.64%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington1 -
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona12 -
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks20 -3.70%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg27 +43.75%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton1 -
Pennsylvania Western University70 -
Pepperdine University31 -
Peru State College10 +30.77%
Pfeiffer University13 +216.67%
Piedmont University3 +14.29%
Pittsburg State University17 -41.38%
Plymouth State University19 -48.15%
Point Loma Nazarene University17 -
Point University15 -9.09%
Prairie View A & M University117 -
Purdue University-Main Campus2 -56.92%
Randall University6 +1300.00%
Regis College7 -41.67%
Regis University20 +7.14%
Rhode Island College9 -
Rice University2 -12.28%
Rider University6 -
Ripon College18 -25.00%
Roanoke College37 +18.52%
Roberts Wesleyan University4 -
Rochester Institute of Technology2 +250.00%
Rockford University16 -
Rockhurst University30 -100.00%
Rocky Mountain College5 -53.57%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick249 +9.29%
SUNY Brockport93 -39.58%
SUNY College at Potsdam14 +122.22%
SUNY Morrisville7 -50.00%
SUNY Oneonta37 -
Saginaw Valley State University55 -44.05%
Saint Ambrose University39 +86.96%
Saint Augustine's University1 +100.00%
Saint Cloud State University5 -
Saint Edward's University28 -26.09%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine9 +25.00%
Saint Joseph's University6 -
Saint Louis University102 -16.04%
Saint Martin's University16 -
Saint Mary's College of California22 +900.00%
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College1 -
Saint Peter's University4 -
Saint Xavier University17 +2200.00%
Salem College2 -44.44%
Salem State University11 -72.50%
Salisbury University114 +15.08%
Sam Houston State University139 -29.94%
San Diego Christian College8 +62.50%
Schreiner University20 +180.00%
Seattle University6 -35.48%
Seton Hill University14 +33.33%
Shaw University20 -5.88%
Shawnee State University10 -
Shenandoah University2 -
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania38 -7.89%
Siena Heights University6 -
Simmons University47 -42.50%
Simpson University8 -
South Dakota State University53 -
Southeastern Louisiana University79 -7.92%
Southeastern Oklahoma State University24 +245.45%
Southeastern University39 -29.55%
Southern Adventist University21 -44.44%
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus23 +30.77%
Southern Connecticut State University36 -
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale26 -54.24%
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville69 -32.99%
Southern Nazarene University14 -28.57%
Southern Utah University66 +16.13%
Southern Wesleyan University8 -30.00%
Southwest Baptist University40 -
Southwest Minnesota State University33 -26.67%
Southwestern Adventist University3 -50.00%
Southwestern Christian University19 -
Southwestern Oklahoma State University22 +3.33%
Southwestern University40 +36.84%
Springfield College51 -11.11%
St Olaf College26 -42.31%
St. Francis College6 -
St. John Fisher University1 -
St. Mary's University19 -22.22%
St. Thomas Aquinas College9 -
St. Thomas University1 -
State University of New York at Cortland131 -10.94%
Stephen F Austin State University143 +1.36%
Sterling College3 -57.14%
Stetson University1 -
Stockton University41 -
Sul Ross State University28 +6.45%
Syracuse University66 -6.67%
Tabor College9 +25.00%
Tarleton State University233 +16.38%
Temple University66 -62.28%
Texas A & M International University67 +14.29%
Texas A & M University-College Station319 -2.99%
Texas A & M University-Commerce60 -14.86%
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi77 +25.93%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville43 -30.77%
Texas A&M University-San Antonio104 +17.81%
Texas A&M University-Texarkana19 +57.14%
Texas Lutheran University36 -25.53%
Texas Southern University21 -
Texas State University364 -9.69%
Texas Wesleyan University13 -
Texas Woman's University101 -7.69%
The College of Idaho21 -
The Master's University and Seminary21 +41.67%
The University of Alabama186 -
The University of Montana-Western16 -
The University of Olivet9 -
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga202 +6.53%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville192 +12.62%
The University of Texas Permian Basin54 +51.22%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley331 +38.39%
The University of Texas at Arlington169 -14.35%
The University of Texas at Austin155 +32.33%
The University of Texas at El Paso145 +5.59%
The University of Texas at San Antonio382 +12.10%
The University of Texas at Tyler72 +6.67%
Thiel College6 -
Thomas More University6 -
Thomas University2 -
Towson University142 +2.22%
Transylvania University15 -45.83%
Trine University45 +75.00%
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School2 -66.67%
Trinity Christian College9 -100.00%
Trinity International University-Illinois13 -33.33%
Troy University48 +31.82%
Truett McConnell University5 +200.00%
Truman State University67 -27.78%
Tulane University of Louisiana5 -
Tusculum University21 -20.00%
Union Adventist University2 -
Union College11 +88.89%
Union University9 +300.00%
United States Military Academy13 +7.69%
United States Sports Academy9 -33.33%
University of Alabama in Huntsville43 -28.21%
University of Alaska Anchorage14 -
University of Arkansas118 -
University of Arkansas at Monticello17 -
University of Central Arkansas111 +134.00%
University of Central Florida321 -
University of Central Missouri47 -
University of Central Oklahoma84 +57.14%
University of Charleston15 +650.00%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus31 -
University of Dayton1 -96.43%
University of Delaware107 -18.50%
University of Dubuque9 -62.50%
University of Evansville4 -84.62%
University of Georgia126 +7.32%
University of Hawaii at Hilo33 -15.25%
University of Hawaii at Manoa95 -19.44%
University of Houston307 +28.41%
University of Houston-Clear Lake63 -13.64%
University of Houston-Victoria23 +81.25%
University of Idaho15 -60.38%
University of Illinois Chicago145 -26.06%
University of Illinois Springfield19 +125.00%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign176 -9.29%
University of Indianapolis70 -3.03%
University of Iowa397 -27.17%
University of Jamestown8 -34.48%
University of Kansas119 -0.93%
University of Louisiana at Monroe61 -30.23%
University of Mary22 +19.05%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor19 -60.00%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore19 -16.67%
University of Maryland-College Park189 -25.82%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell94 -
University of Memphis390 +33.93%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor120 +11.30%
University of Minnesota-Duluth51 +8.16%
University of Mississippi108 -40.76%
University of Mobile28 -28.57%
University of Montevallo38 -13.95%
University of Mount Olive13 -
University of Mount Union44 -47.50%
University of Nebraska at Omaha43 -45.07%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas245 -8.37%
University of New England40 -4.65%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus38 +1.85%
University of New Haven4 -
University of North Alabama49 -20.93%
University of North Carolina Wilmington149 +82.00%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro147 -3.70%
University of North Dakota30 -33.33%
University of North Texas287 +41.33%
University of Northern Colorado104 -13.01%
University of Northwestern-St Paul16 +29.41%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus163 +6.96%
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford23 -23.81%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus35 -
University of Providence11 -
University of Puget Sound23 +47.06%
University of Rhode Island112 -7.75%
University of Saint Katherine14 -
University of Saint Mary6 +75.00%
University of San Francisco50 +53.33%
University of Scranton66 -8.93%
University of Sioux Falls27 -39.29%
University of South Carolina Aiken38 +7.84%
University of South Dakota69 -
University of Southern Indiana45 -17.65%
University of Southern Maine9 +5.88%
University of Southern Mississippi109 +44.59%
University of St Thomas39 -
University of Tulsa49 +65.00%
University of Utah78 -19.91%
University of Vermont53 +14.29%
University of Virginia-Main Campus98 +10.47%
University of West Alabama16 +29.17%
University of West Florida64 +1057.14%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire71 -31.48%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse187 +6.15%
University of Wisconsin-Madison88 -11.93%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee72 -37.63%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh25 -47.62%
University of Wisconsin-Parkside5 -
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater28 -
University of Wyoming76 +17.57%
University of the Incarnate Word13 -60.00%
University of the Southwest12 +90.00%
Ursuline College1 -
Utah State University140 -
Utah Tech University77 +127.27%
Valparaiso University3 -
Vanguard University of Southern California50 +59.26%
Vermont State University7 -
Viterbo University1 -100.00%
Wake Forest University102 +20.97%
Walla Walla University5 -
Walsh University26 +244.44%
Warner Pacific University5 +100.00%
Warner University3 +100.00%
Wartburg College14 -
Wayne State University52 -
Webster University11 +50.00%
West Liberty University29 -7.69%
West Texas A & M University40 -34.29%
West Virginia University6 -
West Virginia Wesleyan College13 +14.29%
Western Colorado University32 -17.78%
Western Illinois University25 -33.33%
Western Kentucky University68 -14.71%
Western Michigan University62 +8.70%
Western Oregon University41 -35.48%
Western Washington University40 -8.33%
Westminster College11 +12.50%
Westmont College42 -21.74%
Wheeling University14 -
Whittier College32 +12.20%
Whitworth University12 -25.00%
Willamette University29 +43.75%
William Jessup University18 +26.32%
William Paterson University of New Jersey43 -6.45%
William Peace University9 +100.00%
William Penn University11 -60.00%
William Woods University19 +118.18%
Wilmington College34 +58.33%
Wilson College8 +60.00%
Wingate University44 +42.86%
Winona State University52 -32.18%
Winston-Salem State University50 -18.64%
Winthrop University39 -7.55%
Wisconsin Lutheran College6 +15.38%
Wittenberg University15 -32.00%
Wright State University-Main Campus35 -2.94%
Xavier University34 +85.71%
Youngstown State University71 +54.76%