Best Online Exercise Science Degrees for Parents (2026)

You can start Lionel's bachelor's without a campus trip, a test score or an application fee. Courses run 5 to 10 weeks with 24/7 access, so the work moves around school pickups and bedtimes. Plan on 4 to 5 years, since it's 180 quarter credits, though up to 120 can transfer in.

Texas Tech teaches its online kinesiology bachelor's in asynchronous 8-week courses with multiple start dates, so a missed start doesn't cost you a whole year. Nothing requires a campus visit, though the main program page mentions an optional 200-hour capstone internship you'd have to fit around family time. Prior Learning Assessment can trim up to 9 credits.

California Baptist says most of its online students are working professionals and/or parents, and the schedule reflects it. Sessions run 8 weeks, asynchronous, with six starts a year. The 50-unit major can wrap up in 16 months at a full-time load if your general education is done, and up to 100 units transfer.

Concordia Chicago has no set class times, and every course is an asynchronous 8-week block, so you decide when the reading and assignments happen. There are no entrance exams and no prior college is required, which helps a parent starting fresh. Up to 90 credits transfer, and tuition is $440 per credit hour.

Methodist lets you enroll full- or part-time, which matters in a semester when the kids need more of you. Courses are asynchronous 8-week terms with six start dates a year, so you rarely wait long to begin. Budget for two required internship courses, and know that up to 93 credits can transfer.

Wisconsin-Whitewater says there are no requirements to come to campus, and its asynchronous classes work full or part time, with summer and winter break courses to speed things up. The catch for parents is price: $424.82 per credit for Wisconsin residents, $845.68 for everyone else. The 6-credit internship can be done as a distance learner.

Florida's master's needs no campus visits and is asynchronous, though a few live sessions and Adobe Connect webinars come with it, all recorded so you can watch after bedtime. You can finish in 1 year full time or 1.5 years part time, with three starts a year. Cost is $585.75 per credit, $17,572.50 total.

Liberty offers 8 start dates a year in 8-week asynchronous courses with no set login times, about as easy to fit around kids as an online master's gets. There's no application fee and no standardized testing. Check the prerequisites first: physiology, biomechanics or physics, and statistics, or take EXSC 505. Full-time tuition is $600 per credit.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi packs this master's into 7-week fall and spring sessions and 5-week summer ones, all asynchronous, with no campus visits required. Six application windows a year keep the door open. You could finish in as little as one year, or stretch it. The Strength and Conditioning option adds two field experience courses to plan around.

Plattsburgh says you're never required to log in at a set time, and you can study part time. Tuition is a flat $5,655 per semester for New York residents or $6,785 for everyone else, plus $618.50 in mandatory fees. The optional internship is set up near your home, so no relocating for placement.

West Alabama runs asynchronous 8-week courses with six start dates a year, and most students finish in about a year. A personal success coach and an enrollment counselor come with it, which helps when you're studying in gaps between school and work. Tuition is $429 per credit, plus a $120 technology fee each semester.

Ole Miss delivers every class asynchronously and lets you go part time, or finish in as little as a year if you can study full time. Courses run 16 weeks instead of 7 or 8, so pacing is slower and steadier. Online graduate courses are charged at in-state rates whatever your residency. Choose thesis or non-thesis.

Concordia Saint Paul keeps the logistics light: no clinical placement, no campus visit and no GRE. Courses are asynchronous 8-week blocks taught to a cohort, 11 courses in all. At $475 per credit, the $15,675 total is among the lowest master's totals on this list. Plan on about 2 years.

LSU has no set class times, no live lectures and no required login times, which suits an unpredictable household. Tuition is flat at $644 per credit with no out-of-state surcharge, so 36 credits comes to $23,184. You can go part time and get a student success coach. Expect a GRE target of 295 unless you qualify for a waiver.

King's teaches in seven-week blocks, 12 three-credit courses, fully asynchronous with part-time pacing and three starts a year. One thing to plan for: CPSS 508 and CPSS 512 each end in a two-day virtual workshop, so you'll need those days clear. Tuition is $765 per credit, $27,540 total.

Colby-Sawyer is asynchronous and part-time friendly, taking anywhere from 9 months to 2 years, so you choose the pace. It starts only in fall and spring, so a missed deadline costs months. Human Anatomy & Physiology I and II with lab, grade C or higher, come first. No thesis is required.

UConn's master's is 100% online, asynchronous and part time, and most students finish within 2 years. One flat comprehensive fee of $925 per credit covers residents and non-residents alike. You can start in spring, summer or fall, and the GRE isn't required. One limit: it can't sponsor F-1 or J-1 visas.

Wisconsin-Whitewater asks for no campus visits, runs asynchronously and part time, and starts in spring, summer or fall. Three semesters full time is the fastest route. Price is the drawback: $666.32 per credit for Wisconsin residents and $1,280.77 for others, both listed as starting at. You'll pick a practicum or a thesis.

Lionel's associate degree runs 18 to 24 months in 5- to 10-week courses with 24/7 access, and asks for no test scores or application fee. Up to 60 credits can come in from transfer, industry certifications, military training or work experience, so a parent with a fitness background may skip a good chunk of it.

Lake Region State is the lowest-priced of the three associate programs here: $238.65 tuition per credit, or $260.31 with fees, for a $14,319 tuition total. Online classes have no set meeting times, though attendance is required. Exams need an approved proctor or Lockdown Browser, and the final-semester internship happens in a community setting.

Bryan bills by the academic year, $14,925 for year one, so you know the bill in advance. You take two 8-week courses at a time and do homework at hours you choose, finishing in about 20 months. A fitness kit ships to your door and books are included, so there are no bookstore runs.

Liberty's doctorate uses the same setup as its master's: 8-week asynchronous courses with no set login times and 8 starts a year. There's no standardized testing, so no GRE to schedule. Up to 30 of the 60 credits can transfer. Full-time tuition is $630 per credit, part-time $695, and the dissertation is original research.

Ohio University's DAT requires no campus visits, and you can finish in as few as 4 semesters part time. It's written for working athletic trainers, and each semester you show you're employed in the field, so it suits a parent already in that job. Cost is $571 per credit in state, $593 out of state.

Old Dominion's doctor of applied science is primarily asynchronous, with 8-week courses taken one at a time inside 16-week semesters. It's a cohort with one start a year, next August 23, 2027, so plan ahead. It ends in a capstone project instead of a dissertation and can take as little as 2.5 years.