I can’t seem to find any kinesiology major in any of the good colleges such as UC Berkeley or Georgia Tech. Their medical programs do not even have anything in the slightest about exercise science. Need help with finding good colleges offering good kinesiology majors!
Geographic preference? How much can you and your family afford to pay each year? What do you consider “good” colleges? Top 20? 50? 100?
Stats? Private or Public? Home state?
I’m not too worried about the cost. Colleges in the top 20 private or public. I live in South Carolina
http://study.com/articles/Top_Kinesiology_Programs_List_of_Top_Schools.html
Search the internet and you find some school rankings for Kinesio programs. Most schools are ranked at the Graduate level but should have comparable undergrad programs.
Berkeley’s former physical education academic major is now part of its integrative biology major. Courses 123-129 are the relevant ones: https://ib.berkeley.edu/undergrad/courses/curriculum.php .
However, it will be expensive for you as a non-California resident.
Okay Thank you
Thank you for clearing that up because I was confused when I was on their website looking at their majors and programs.
I’m a kinesiology/ clinical exercise physiology grad from Texas A&M. They have a fantastic program with tons of hands on experience. Of course this was years ago but I keep in touch with the program and it looks like it has maintained the quality. All of us had jobs when we graduated.
What specifically do you want to do with the degree?
Well-known schools for Kinesiology would include some CSU’s, SUNY Cortland, tOSU.
UMichigan and Penn State do, too. Most flagships with D1 sports probably do, too.
Top 20 universities typically don’t offer “vocational” majors like kinesiology. Go to the collegeboard’s Big Futures college search and combine average scores and major to have a list.
Not top 20, but Syracuse or GWU offer this, I think.
carachel2- I am looking to become a sports medicine doctor and I figure a kinesiology major would benefit me the most.
MYOS1634- Thank you for the website, I will be sure to look that up
@jokesK1 …ok good! It is a good degree as a foundation for medicine, PT,OT, RN, FNP/PA but by itself tends to have a poor job outlook with not much growth and low pay.
Some thing to look for in a program:
Core classes of course with anatomy and physiology; movement science/physics; clinical rotations (cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation); physiological psychology, etc.
My niece did the program at Colorado State University. She is a great kid, very smart and capable. But the program did not have internships and hands on experiences built into the program so she graduated with no experience and no job. In my program, we had hours and hours of stress testing in the kinesiology lab, EKG interpretation and a lot of other experiences.
@carachel2 Thank you so much for the help! I am still looking at colleges that have a multitude of opportunities and decent programs.
For pre-med itself, this source can be useful: “The Experts’ Choice: Colleges with Great Pre-med Programs.”
No ones mentioned Rice yet? Come on its perfect for pre med kinesiology!
Indirectly, Rice received a mention in post 13.
Rice actually has a undergrad kinesiology major - it may be the only one in the “top 20”.
USC doesn’t have kinesiology as a major but they have a great physical therapy school and a number of variations on human bio/ pre-PT/ etc options for undergrad. Occidental in LA has kinesiology.
The Colorado College Human Biology and Kinesiology department offers cadaver-based anatomy courses.
US News ranks CC #25 among national liberal arts colleges. If you’re aiming for “top 20”, this might be worth considering as a slightly less selective, Early Action, “match” alternative. CC claims to cover 100% of demonstrated need. Its most distinctive academic feature is an unusual 1-course-at-a-time “block plan”.
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/curriculum/catalog/20152016/departmental/human-biology-and-kinesiology
http://bryanconstruction.com/portfolio/barnes-science-center-cadaver-and-animal-lab-at-colorado-college/
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/iapps/Bulletin/March2005/healing.asp
Haven’t researched it to confirm, but I had heard UW (Wisconsin, not Washington) has a strong program.