Kennesaw, GA has one personal training school within its city limits. Kennesaw State University has a total student population of 22,389. It is the 386th highest ranked school in the USA and the 11th highest in the state of Georgia (#1 is Emory University).
Personal Training students from Kennesaw schools who go on to become personal trainers, personal skills trainers, trainers, PT trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 228,170 people working as fitness trainers and aerobics instructors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $35,340. Also, Recreation and fitness studies teachers make on average $60,580 per year and there are about 16,850 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area alone, there are 140 employed recreation and fitness studies teachers earning an average salary of $58,930. Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors in this area earn $40,090/yr and there are 3,040 employed.
Kennesaw lies in Cobb county, which is one of the 106 counties in Georgia. Overall, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area has 2,290,890 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0% unemployment rate, $22/hr average worker wage, and a $45,520 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Kennesaw are held by fitness trainers and aerobics instructors, and 0/1000 are held by recreation and fitness studies teachers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kennesaw State University ends up costing a student $12,506/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Kennesaw |
| Marietta | GA | 68,931 | 9 | 28.245 | 294 | 6.7 miles |
| Smyrna | GA | 51,091 | 1 | 28.0461 | 13 | 11.9 miles |
| Roswell | GA | 88,928 | 3 | 23.7384 | 79 | 14.7 miles |
| Dunwoody | GA | - | 2 | 14.3983 | 27 | 17.0 miles |
| North Atlanta | GA | 51,827 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
| Alpharetta | GA | 51,285 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.1 miles |
| Atlanta | GA | 571,861 | 36 | 22.9059 | 795 | 21.4 miles |
| Norcross | GA | - | 2 | 30.2342 | 8 | 23.7 miles |
| East Point | GA | 43,748 | 1 | 19.2965 | 19 | 25.8 miles |
| Clarkston | GA | - | 1 | 14.4911 | 66 | 26.2 miles |
| Lilburn | GA | - | 1 | 22.8637 | 13 | 28.6 miles |
| Rome | GA | - | 3 | 29.4765 | 155 | 35.4 miles |
| Lawrenceville | GA | - | 6 | 29.0817 | 196 | 36.3 miles |
| Mount Berry | GA | - | 1 | 63.3969 | 60 | 36.9 miles |
| Conyers | GA | - | 1 | 21.0336 | 7 | 42.3 miles |
| Oakwood | GA | - | 2 | 16.9986 | 102 | 44.2 miles |
| Dalton | GA | - | 1 | 15.0432 | 33 | 55.5 miles |
| Rock Spring | GA | - | 1 | 1.08982 | 0 | 65.9 miles |
| Lagrange | GA | - | 2 | 12.8452 | 41 | 72.4 miles |
| Chattanooga | TN | 173,001 | 9 | 17.3835 | 218 | 81.2 miles |
| Toccoa Falls | GA | - | 1 | 28.3429 | 33 | 82.0 miles |
| Boaz | AL | - | 1 | 17.4406 | 20 | 89.7 miles |
| Macon | GA | 94,286 | 6 | 33.1618 | 295 | 98.7 miles |