The 50 colleges that score highest for Kinesiology and exercise science on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $79,411 · 318 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Median earnings $57,139 · 209 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $69,488 · 349 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $74,963 · 217 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $63,286 · 382 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $66,461 · 85 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $67,782 · 188 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $53,215 · 108 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Median earnings $81,110 · 86 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of California-Irvine | CA | Median earnings $56,273 (field-wide) · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $60,004 · 125 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $66,580 · 319 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $62,888 · 549 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $62,362 · 180 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $67,399 · 221 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $57,541 · 168 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $71,844 · 301 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Emory University | GA | Median earnings $87,254 · 77 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $72,724 · 139 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $81,548 · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Rice University | TX | Median earnings $87,404 · 71 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $62,342 · 109 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $63,847 · 349 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Hillsdale College | MI | Earnings not published · 21 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | Skidmore College | NY | Median earnings $67,645 · 22 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Median earnings $71,444 · 337 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University at Buffalo | NY | Median earnings $66,880 · 133 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $64,579 · 76 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $45,013 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Denison University | OH | Median earnings $55,654 (field-wide) · 26 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Gettysburg College | PA | Median earnings $75,320 · 53 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | United States Military Academy | NY | Earnings not published · 14 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $68,219 · 150 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $68,675 · 416 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Occidental College | CA | Median earnings $59,985 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $65,465 · 360 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | The University of Tampa | FL | Median earnings $60,364 · 120 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Utah | UT | Median earnings $64,356 · 257 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Crown College | MN | Median earnings $47,956 · 16 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | Median earnings $48,359 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Furman University | SC | Median earnings $68,635 (college-wide) · 70 graduates last year · 11% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Dickinson State University | ND | Median earnings $50,720 (college-wide) · 17 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | St Olaf College | MN | Median earnings $66,314 · 35 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $56,045 · 288 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Saint Augustine's University | NC | Median earnings $38,086 · 23 graduates last year · 19% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Ave Maria University | FL | Median earnings $49,520 (college-wide) · 15 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $73,289 · 84 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $61,143 · 322 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $67,275 · 338 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | DePauw University | IN | Median earnings $71,696 · 15 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees |
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