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Largest sports, kinesiology, and physical education programs in the United States

U.S. sports, kinesiology, and physical education programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1American Public University SystemCharles TownFor-profit, 4-year683
2California State University-FullertonFullertonPublic, 4-year633
3Texas A&M University-College StationCollege StationPublic, 4-year632
4University of IowaIowa CityPublic, 4-year552
5Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnutPublic, 2-year479
6University of MemphisMemphisPublic, 4-year471
7University of Central FloridaOrlandoPublic, 4-year465
8Texas State UniversitySan MarcosPublic, 4-year451
9The University of TennesseeKnoxvillePublic, 4-year438
10Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomingtonPublic, 4-year432
11San Diego State UniversitySan DiegoPublic, 4-year413
12Liberty UniversityLynchburgPrivate nonprofit, 4-year397
13The University of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioPublic, 4-year393
14University of HoustonHoustonPublic, 4-year382
15University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborPublic, 4-year377
16College of the CanyonsSanta ClaritaPublic, 2-year376
17University of FloridaGainesvillePublic, 4-year367
18California State University-NorthridgeNorthridgePublic, 4-year351
19Tarleton State UniversityStephenvillePublic, 4-year345
20James Madison UniversityHarrisonburgPublic, 4-year339
21University of GeorgiaAthensPublic, 4-year338
22Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboroPublic, 4-year338
23California State University-Long BeachLong BeachPublic, 4-year336
24The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic, 4-year333
25University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillPublic, 4-year327

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.