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2023 Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region

40 Colleges
$32,357 Avg Salary
$22,846 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education School for You

Health & Physical Education is the #30 most popular major in the country with 9,742 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 40 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for phys ed majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Methodist University the best school in the Southwest Region for health and physical education students. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton is a large public school located in the remote town of Stephenville.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

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West Texas A&M University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

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Texas Woman’s University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Southern Nazarene University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bethany, SNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#9

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

With a ranking of #9, Lamar University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health and physical education students. Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

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University of North Texas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best health and physical education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 812
Arizona 18
Oklahoma 268
New Mexico 25

Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Recreation Administration 441
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 206
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35
Outdoor Education 28

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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