Motivators and barriers to exercise in college students compared to faculty and staff.

: Compare the barriers and motivators to exercise in faculty/staff compared to students. : Students and faculty/staff who were enrolled or employed at a college in Pennsylvania were emailed a link to a 91-question online Qualtrics survey. : The survey collected demographic information as well as physical activity habits and included the Barriers to Being Active Questionnaire, Motivations for Physical Activities Measure, and Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire. : Faculty/staff ( = 69) were older and had a higher BMI than students ( = 97) (both  < 0.001). There were no differences in physical activity habits between groups. Faculty/staff reported social influences being a significantly ( = 0.02) greater barrier to physical activity than students. Students reported appearance ( = 0.002) and competence ( = 0.02) to be significantly higher motivators compared to faculty/staff. Both groups reported moderate self-determined motivation. : Appropriate strategies can be employed by identifying the motivators and barriers to physical activity in students and faculty/staff.