2025 Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #37 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 bachelor's degrees in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Physical Education

1

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general from Northwestern State University of Louisiana

2

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

25 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general needs to take a look at University of New Orleans. UNO is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of New Orleans.More information about a bachelor’s in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general from University of New Orleans

Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	110
Tennessee	460	603
North Carolina	453	724
Georgia	453	141
Virginia	421	330
South Carolina	370	16
Kentucky	331	186
Alabama	320	27
Arkansas	294	236
Mississippi	275	25
West Virginia	223	259

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Education

One of 5 majors within the Health & Physical Education area of study, Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Physical Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	231
Sports Management	182

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.