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Most Popular Schools for Exercise Physiology Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physiological processes involved in physical or motor activity, including sensorimotor interactions, response mechanisms, and the effects of injury, disease, and disability. Includes instruction in muscular and skeletal anatomy; molecular and cellular basis of muscle contraction; fuel utilization; neurophysiology of motor mechanics; systemic physiological responses (respiration, blood flow, endocrine secretions, and others); fatigue and exhaustion; muscle and body training; physiology of specific exercises and activities; physiology of injury; and the effects of disabilities and disease.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of South Carolina-Columbia 318 4% $28,301
2 Florida State University 317 3% $22,168
3 Auburn University 265 4% $31,590
4 Brigham Young University-Provo 264 3% $18,776
5 University of Florida 263 2% $21,211
6 Brigham Young University-Idaho 232 3% $12,050
7 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 225 3% $30,913
8 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 193 2% $27,898
9 Kansas State University 152 3% $24,923
10 West Virginia University 134 2% $23,294
11 University at Buffalo 107 1% $27,758
12 College of Charleston 106 4% $30,239
13 East Carolina University 98 2% $21,672
14 Wichita State University 93 3% $24,042
15 Ohio University-Main Campus 87 1% $28,986
16 Eastern Washington University 81 3% $23,011
17 University of Miami 74 2% $68,460
18 Creighton University 66 4% $54,952
19 The College of Saint Scholastica 58 4% $50,352
20 Central Washington University 56 2% $23,201
21 Gettysburg College 55 9% $68,990
22 Marquette University 55 2% $58,057
23 Washington State University 47 1% $27,484
24 Ithaca College 47 3% $62,757
25 Central College 44 14% $52,098
26 Long Island University 42 1% $56,283
27 Ursinus College 40 10% $68,122
28 Fitchburg State University 39 3% $24,576
29 Shenandoah University 36 4% $47,000
30 Gonzaga University 35 2% $59,795
31 University of South Carolina-Upstate 34 3% $25,442
32 Midwestern State University 32 2% $21,069
33 Ashland University 32 2% $34,792
34 University of Colorado Colorado Springs 31 1% $25,843
35 George Washington University 31 0% $71,930
36 Taylor University 31 8% $47,228
37 Life University 29 14% $39,096
38 University of Dayton 28 1% $59,230
39 Concordia University-Wisconsin 27 2% $44,850
40 California Baptist University 27 1% $47,694
41 Skidmore College 27 4% $71,730
42 Central Michigan University 23 0% $24,889
43 Oakland University 22 1% $25,524
44 Gordon College 21 4% $50,670
45 University of Lynchburg 21 4% $52,880
46 Baldwin Wallace University 20 2% $47,528
47 Dallas Baptist University 19 1% $41,170
48 Eastern Michigan University 19 0% $26,196
49 Florida Southern College 19 3% $52,020
50 Saint Francis University 19 3% $53,700
51 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 19 0% $29,097
52 Queens University of Charlotte 18 3% $48,968
53 Gardner-Webb University 18 2% $46,420
54 Springfield College 16 2% $53,244
55 Sacred Heart University 15 1% $60,580
56 Barry University 15 1% $46,898
57 Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion 15 2% $38,578
58 Carroll University 15 2% $45,360
59 Notre Dame de Namur University 14 3% $56,288
60 Quincy College 12 1% $8,518
61 Western State Colorado University 11 2% $24,073
62 Western Michigan University 11 0% $26,009
63 Minnesota State University-Mankato 10 0% $20,482
64 Kent State University at Kent 10 0% $25,886
65 Lexington Healing Arts Academy 9 13% N/A
66 University of California-Irvine 9 0% $34,261
67 Northwest Christian University 8 3% $42,650
68 Syracuse University 8 0% $70,636
69 SUNY College at Potsdam 7 1% $24,914
70 Montreat College 7 4% $39,839
71 Oklahoma Baptist University 6 1% $41,576
72 Mercyhurst University 6 1% $53,311
73 University of California-Davis 6 0% $35,177
74 Drury University 5 1% $40,951
75 Bethany Lutheran College 5 6% $38,370
76 Teachers College at Columbia University 5 0% N/A
77 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 3 0% $24,035
78 Anderson University 3 0% $43,110
79 University of Toledo 2 0% $28,423
80 University of California-Berkeley 1 0% $38,066
81 Fresno Pacific University 1 0% $46,569
82 University of Mary 1 0% $29,290

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Exercise Physiology program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.