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Health & Physical Education at George Mason University

If you are interested in studying health and physical education, you may want to check out the program at George Mason University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received their master's degree in phys ed.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Physical Education section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Phys Ed

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for phys ed at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

GMU Health & Physical Education Rankings

Phys Ed Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at George Mason University.

GMU Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

48% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The phys ed program at GMU awarded 31 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women.

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Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from GMU, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in phys ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 23
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Phys Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in phys ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 12,720 $41,370
Coaches and Scouts 6,910 $42,340
Athletic Trainers 790 $48,970
Exercise Physiologists 360 $58,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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