Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a exercise science school? To help you decide if Santa Monica College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's exercise science program.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Exercise Science and Kinesiology section at the bottom of this page.

SMC Exercise Science and Kinesiology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Exercise Science

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMC offers distance education options for exercise science at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

SMC Exercise Science and Kinesiology Rankings

Exercise Science Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the exercise science majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Exercise Science and Kinesiology Associate’s Program

36% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of exercise science associate's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in exercise science only graduates about 44% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 20% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in exercise science graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Monica College with a associate's in exercise science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Sports Management

Careers That Exercise Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in exercise science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Exercise Physiologists	480	$89,030

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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