What can you realistically do with a KINESIOLOGY degree??

You can work for Track Town USA.

I got a Kinesiology degree from Columbia with a minor in economics. My main goal was always to go to med school. I now do surgery, but on my days off I work for a company and go to different races, mostly marathons, and help in the medical tent/ free physical therapy or stretching type stuff. I would not change my degree for the world. I got great grades because I was actually excited about the subject. I would major in it again in a heartbeat. It was also really great because I got access to things that allowed me to test my VO2 max, biomechanics etc. If you truly love something it will work out. Another guy that I work with majored in Kinesiology and got a minor in sales. He now is a sales rep for a running watch company then does the race stuff on the weekends like I do. We make about 15k a year for the side gig, but you could probably do something similar and pickup another job elsewhere.

You have to be the dumbest person alive. I feel so bad for you. Also, they didn't say they invented the Nike shox. They analyze them. Have you ever heard the word analyze? Hopefully over the next few years when you reach your 13th birthday you'll grow up.

My massuse has a degree in it from UC-Davis and she always gives me a happy ending with baby oil. She has a studio near North Beach/Telegraph Hill area of San Francisco. She clears six figures tax free and sets her own hours.

I prefer a peach. baby oil doesn't have the right consistency like a ripe, pitted peach does.

Seriously man wrote:

Really, go get a degree in biology , biochem, or chem, then go to med school.

Or a degree in Kinesiology and then go to med school; or physio school; or OT school ... etc.

"I'm in the field, I see this all the time"

What do you do "in the field"? This statement is vague enough to lead me to believe it is nothing remotely relevant.

A bio degree doesn't prepare you any more for med school than a Kin degree does.

The MCAT doesn't take months to study for. 6 weeks is sufficient.

Seriously man wrote:

Really, go get a degree in biology , biochem, or chem, then go to med school.

Thank you as actually I am---taking the MCAT exam in mid January. U of M for Med School then off to "no time to sleep" for several years time:)

VanGradSoon wrote:

Seriously man wrote:

Really, go get a degree in biology , biochem, or chem, then go to med school.

Thank you as actually I am---taking the MCAT exam in mid January. U of M for Med School then off to "no time to sleep" for several years time:)

If you haven't taken the MCAT yet how do you know you are going to U of M for Medical School?

Also, med students get plenty of sleep so don't worry about that.

"Would you like fries with that?"

Forget about kinesiology. Do a liberal arts major. You won't make much for a while, probably, though the unemployment rate for college grads in general is very low, about 2.5%, but mid-career liberal arts majors make more than engineers, around 140k on average.

I wish I had a Kenenisa degree

So, how's life and what are u doing with the kinesiology degree?? Please reply

Yes please reply, I am a seccond year kin major and wondering what you did with your degree

I'm actually a Kinesiologist with comprehensive training in Pilates. I study and apply movement methods that help those who cannot move effectively, efficiently and with ease. My path in kinesiology lead me to own one of the most successful movement studios in the Chicagoland area that I own and started from my garage. Our beautiful 1500 sqft Movement studio is equipped with Pilates reformers, EXO chairs, FUSE Ladders, CoreAligns, and BODHI SUSPENSION.

There isn't a day I don't use my degree, love what I do and how I make people feel. Limitations only limit you if you let them. Break down barriers and be bold especially with movement. ?

You can always sell insurance. You can become an insurance broker. There are plenty of other things that you can do. There are a fair amount of companies that prefer to hire college graduates over non-college graduates just because the degree proves some measure of work ethic and determination.

There are only two things you can do with a kinesiology degree: apply to professional school, and use it as marketing in a fitness career.

My pilates instructor has a kinesiology degree and she opened up her own studio-equipment is nice and only about $20k. The pilates course took 9 months but she interned with an existing instructor. She makes good money and her degree helps a little-it definitely helped with Pilates (I guess the original Pilates was a WWI POW nurse who rehabbed soldiers). Her best attribute is her personality as she really knows how to work with 50-60 women who really don't like exercise. You also get a lot of dancers and even some runners. Some business courses helped her too, as she has to manage taxes, payroll, and marketing (she hits the health fairs hard). The money is good but not great as she can't scale the business-its largely her and anyone else who is good goes on their own. She could do all this without the degree, but the degree helped and she has gotten offers from upscale hotels and spas. She has a lot more freedom than most and she has connections (wealthy older people) from all over town.

Get your CSCS. Get a job with your athletic department's strength & conditioning team.

Alan