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Health & Physical Education at Western Illinois University

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Health & Physical Education at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 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.

WIU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Phys Ed

WIU Health & Physical Education Rankings

Phys Ed Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

27% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 73% of phys ed master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

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Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from WIU, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the phys ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Illinois 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 4
White 18
International Students 1
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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 16,430 $46,670
Coaches and Scouts 10,670 $38,760
Athletic Trainers 1,480 $44,380
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 580 $61,840

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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