Health & Physical Education at Messiah University

If you plan to study health and physical education, take a look at what Messiah University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

Messiah Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Phys Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Messiah

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

Messiah Health & Physical Education Rankings

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in phys ed from Messiah in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Messiah, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the phys ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,450	$35,420
Coaches and Scouts	7,200	$41,820
Athletic Trainers	1,690	$48,310
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,040	$67,100
Athletes and Sports Competitors	800	$48,710

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.