Exercise Science

Whether you want to work in strength conditioning, corporate or community wellness, or cardiac rehabilitation, LVC's undergraduate exercise science major prepares you to work with clients who have a range of health needs, chronic diseases, and injuries. By the time you graduate, you'll be able to help your clients perform exercises and improve their physical health and well-being, all while designing personalized interventions grounded in evidence-based research.

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Tracks Tailored to Your Career Interests

LVC’s Exercise Science program is CAAHEP-accredited and grounded in evidence-based practice, led by faculty who are experts in helping patients with exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, and obesity and chronic disease. You can also take your interest in exercise science beyond academics by joining one of our club sports teams or the Exercise Science Club, which provides networking opportunities, hands-on learning, and professional development. Need-based departmental scholarships are available.

Exercise, Sport, & Health Promotion Track

Health and Wellness Track

Graduate and Professional Track

Jeanne and Edward H. Arnold Health Professions Pavilion

Innovative Learning Space

The Jeanne and Edward H. Arnold Health Professions Pavilion offers flexible, state-of-the-art classroom space, observation rooms acoustically treated for sound, the Lewis Human Performance and Gross Anatomy labs, collaborative faculty offices, and new technologies that support clinical and applied science teaching.

Hands-on Collaboration

Our students get real-world experience with athletes and clients and benefit from strong relationships with local organizations like Lebanon YMCA, Penn State Health, WellSpan Health, Penn Medicine Lancaster, and Power Train Sports.

Study with Practicing Clinicians

LVC’s exercise science classes offer high-quality education with top professionals, close to home. Students in LVC’s undergraduate degree program explore how human performance and physical activity affects exercise and learn how to promote a healthy, active lifestyle to the public—all with the mentorship of our faculty members, who are practicing clinicians.

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10%

projected job growth for exercise physiologists, 2022-32 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

$54,860

median pay for exercise physiologists, 2023 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

1,700

New job openings per year by 2031 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Exercise Science Career Opportunities

Graduates of LVC’s Exercise Science program are well-prepared to enter a wide range of professional roles that combine scientific knowledge with real-world application. Whether your passion lies in kinesiology, sport science, rehabilitation, or health promotion, you’ll have the skills and credentials to pursue meaningful work in both clinical and non-clinical settings.

With hands-on training, mentoring from practicing clinicians, and a curriculum grounded in exercise physiology and human performance, our students launch careers in fitness and wellness coaching, therapeutic support, and allied health professions—or continue to our graduate level courses to further specialize.

Strength and Conditioning Coach
Corporate Wellness Specialist
Exercise Physiologist
Personal Trainer
Athletic Trainer

Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist
Fitness Trainer and Instructor
Activity Specialist
Recreational Therapist
Community Health Educator

In Their Words

Practical Experience

My biggest takeaway from majoring in exercise science was the vast routes I could take with this major. Exercise science helped me learn the basis for sports performance and become a strength and conditioning coach. Learning about the body’s anatomy and movement patterns helped me succeed in real-world spaces.

Alex Sabo ’23, M’24

Personal Attention

Once I decided to transfer, the faculty was very quick in helping me to figure out what I would need to accomplish over my next three years to receive my degree in the appropriate amount of time.

Griffin Weidler ’23, exercise science major

Powerful Research

The U.S. Department of Defense grant we are part of presents significant learning opportunities for LVC students to engage in cutting-edge, federally funded biomedical research and collaborate with experienced research scientists.

Dr. Rob Creath, Associate Professor of Exercise Science, Director of the Lewis Human Performance Lab

Alex Sabo ’23, M’24

Once I decided to transfer, the faculty was very quick in helping me to figure out what I would need to accomplish over my next three years to receive my degree in the appropriate amount of time.

Griffin Weidler ’23, exercise science major

Dr. Rob Creath, Associate Professor of Exercise Science, Director of the Lewis Human Performance Lab

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