100 Best colleges for Sports / Exercise science in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 3.01M citations received by 90.2K academic papers made by 278 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

2. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

3. Harvard University

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

4. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Sports / Exercise science

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

5. University of Pittsburgh

For Sports / Exercise science

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

6. Stanford University

For Sports / Exercise science

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Sports / Exercise science

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

8. San Diego State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,934
Enrollment
37,402

9. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Sports / Exercise science

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

10. University of Washington - Seattle

For Sports / Exercise science

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

11. Ohio State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

12. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Sports / Exercise science

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

13. University of California-San Diego

For Sports / Exercise science

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

14. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Sports / Exercise science

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

15. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Sports / Exercise science

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

16. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Sports / Exercise science

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

17. Johns Hopkins University

For Sports / Exercise science

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

18. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

19. University of Florida

For Sports / Exercise science

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

20. University of Texas at Austin

For Sports / Exercise science

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

21. Pennsylvania State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

22. University of Utah

For Sports / Exercise science

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

23. Michigan State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

24. Washington University in St Louis

For Sports / Exercise science

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

25. Iowa State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

26. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Sports / Exercise science

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

27. University of Georgia

For Sports / Exercise science

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

28. Tufts University

For Sports / Exercise science

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

29. University of Pennsylvania

For Sports / Exercise science

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

30. Boston University

For Sports / Exercise science

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

31. University of California - San Francisco

For Sports / Exercise science

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

32. Brown University

For Sports / Exercise science

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

33. University of Connecticut

For Sports / Exercise science

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

34. University of California - Los Angeles

For Sports / Exercise science

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

35. University of Vermont

For Sports / Exercise science

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

36. University of Southern California

For Sports / Exercise science

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

37. Columbia University

For Sports / Exercise science

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

38. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Sports / Exercise science

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

39. Wake Forest University

For Sports / Exercise science

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Net Price
$26,197
Receiving Aid
37%
Average Aid
$54,233

40. University of Iowa

For Sports / Exercise science

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

41. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Sports / Exercise science

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$11,830
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,182

42. University at Buffalo

For Sports / Exercise science

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

43. University of Alabama

For Sports / Exercise science

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%

44. University of Maryland - College Park

For Sports / Exercise science

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

45. East Carolina University

For Sports / Exercise science

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,020
Enrollment
27,151

46. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Sports / Exercise science

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,931
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

47. University of Arizona

For Sports / Exercise science

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

48. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Sports / Exercise science

#101 in the World
Enrollment
5,354
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1972

49. Cornell University

For Sports / Exercise science

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

50. University of Colorado Boulder

For Sports / Exercise science

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

51. University of Virginia

For Sports / Exercise science

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

52. Providence College

For Sports / Exercise science

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

53. Oregon State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

54. Duke University

For Sports / Exercise science

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

55. Yale University

For Sports / Exercise science

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

56. West Virginia University

For Sports / Exercise science

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
97%

57. Northwestern University

For Sports / Exercise science

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

58. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Sports / Exercise science

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

59. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Sports / Exercise science

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

60. Emory University

For Sports / Exercise science

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

61. University of California - Berkeley

For Sports / Exercise science

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

62. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

For Sports / Exercise science

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

63. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Sports / Exercise science

#139 in the World
Enrollment
2,354
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1943

64. University of California - Irvine

For Sports / Exercise science

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

65. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Sports / Exercise science

#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

66. Ball State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1175
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

67. University of Kansas

For Sports / Exercise science

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

68. University of Miami

For Sports / Exercise science

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

69. Kansas State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$8,537
Enrollment
19,722

70. Auburn University

For Sports / Exercise science

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
79%

71. Wayne State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

72. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Sports / Exercise science

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

73. University of Kentucky

For Sports / Exercise science

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

74. Baylor College of Medicine

For Sports / Exercise science

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

75. Vanderbilt University

For Sports / Exercise science

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

76. George Washington University

For Sports / Exercise science

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

77. University of Chicago

For Sports / Exercise science

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

78. University of California - Davis

For Sports / Exercise science

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

79. Florida State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

80. University of Houston

For Sports / Exercise science

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

81. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Sports / Exercise science

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

82. University of North Texas

For Sports / Exercise science

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

83. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

For Sports / Exercise science

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$5,963

84. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Sports / Exercise science

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

85. Kent State University at Kent

For Sports / Exercise science

#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1105
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
98%

86. University of Memphis

For Sports / Exercise science

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1080
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
99%

87. Georgia State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

88. Georgetown University

For Sports / Exercise science

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

89. Case Western Reserve University

For Sports / Exercise science

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

90. University of Mississippi

For Sports / Exercise science

#213 in the World
Acceptance Rate
97%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

91. Oregon Health & Science University

For Sports / Exercise science

#214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,870
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1887

92. Saint Louis University

For Sports / Exercise science

#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$29,651

93. University of Cincinnati

For Sports / Exercise science

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

94. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

95. Purdue University

For Sports / Exercise science

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

96. Old Dominion University

For Sports / Exercise science

#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
92%

97. Appalachian State University

For Sports / Exercise science

#229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
70%

98. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Sports / Exercise science

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

99. University of South Florida

For Sports / Exercise science

#231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

100. Miami University - Oxford

For Sports / Exercise science

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

The best cities to study Sports / Exercise science in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Columbia, Champaign, Cambridge, and Minneapolis.