Kinesiology & exercise science at Chapman
Chapman graduates about 17 kinesiology majors a year. That puts it tied for 120th of 443 schools we rank for kinesiology, a strong program at 6.7 out of 10. Graduates in the major earn a median $75,000 four years out, 1.36× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Chapman
Where kinesiology happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hutton Sports Center, Student Health Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 16 · Dorm 4 · Athletics 2 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1 · Library 1.
Nearby in the kinesiology ranking
Other strong majors at Chapman
- Communications & media 8.8 · #29
- Computer science 6.7 · #167
- History 3.3 · #321
How the score works
The score is out of 10 and compares Chapman with every school we rank in kinesiology. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (35%), the number of graduates in the major (25%, capped), courses the department lists, where counted (20%), the student body's test scores (15%) and research spending (5%; health research money is mostly the medical school's, so it counts for little). Pay is compared after a half adjustment for state price levels (BEA), since many graduates move. A program needs at least 15 graduates a year (or 8, with research spending in the field in the top quarter) and data about the program itself (its own graduates' pay, its course catalog or research in the field) to be ranked; school-wide numbers alone never rank a program. Missing inputs drop out and the rest are reweighted. Scores run 0–10 against the other ranked schools: 8.0+ is a standout program, 6.5+ strong, 4.5+ solid. Schools with the same score share a rank. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.