Ok, looking for schools that are in colder areas but not in the northeast or Catholic with fewer than 10k students and popular majors in some iteration of exercise science/kinesiology (I translated popularity with strength…which isn’t necessarily true…just a correlation) I would look at:
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Augustana (SD): About 1700 undergrads
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Colorado Mesa: About 8700 undergrads
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Cornell College (IA): About 1100 undergrads; this school has students take one class at a time, similar to the format at Colorado College
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DePauw (IN): About 1700 undergrads
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Gustavus Adolphus (MN): About 2300 undergrads
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Hamline (MN): About 1800 undergrads
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Hope (MI): About 3100 undergrads
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Michigan Tech: About 5800 undergrads
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North Central (IL): About 2400 undergrads
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Ohio Wesleyan: About 1300 undergrads
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St. Olaf (MN): About 3k undergrads. Perhaps not the largest exercise science/kinesiology major, but the intellectual vibe of the student body sounds like a good match to your D.
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U. of Evansville (IN): About 1800 undergrads
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U. of Idaho: About 8600 undergrads
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U. of Montana: About 7200 undergrads
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U. of North Dakota: About 9700 undergrads
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U. of Northwestern-St. Paul (MN): About 3300 undergrads
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U. of Wyoming: About 8900 undergrads