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Health & Physical Education at Michigan State University

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Health & Physical Education at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 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.

Michigan State Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Phys Ed
  • Doctorate Degree in Phys Ed

Michigan State Health & Physical Education Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in phys ed, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

53% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a master's degree in phys ed from Michigan State. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men.

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Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Michigan State, 68% 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 Michigan State University with a master's in phys ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 7,030 $37,690
Athletic Trainers 1,010 $51,230
Exercise Physiologists 450 $48,730
Athletes and Sports Competitors 110 $52,680

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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