Kinesiology & exercise science at Wake Forest
Wake Forest graduates about 88 kinesiology majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 8th of 604 schools we score for kinesiology, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $80,000 four years out, 1.44× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $320 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where kinesiology happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Sutton Sports Performance Center, Manchester Athletic Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 26 · Academic 17 · Athletics 4 · Dining 3 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1.
Nearby in the kinesiology ranking
Other strong majors at Wake Forest
- Philosophy & religion 93 · #21
- History 91 · #24
- Political science & IR 90 · #44
- Sociology & anthropology 90 · #37
- Languages 90 · #51
- Economics 88 · #56
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Wake Forest with every school we score in kinesiology. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.