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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$26,256 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,500 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for phys ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for phys ed majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found United States Sports Academy to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . The Academy is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daphne.

The Academy graduate students pay an average of $19,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at University of Southern Mississippi

#3

Troy University

Troy, AL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the remote town of Troy, TROY is a public college with a large student population.

TROY graduate students pay an average of $17,100 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Health & Physical Education at Troy University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $30,160 per year.

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#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UARK are $22,563 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.

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#7

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health and physical education programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.

UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#8

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 a year.

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Middle Tennessee State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health and physical education programs. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Middle Tennessee State University are $27,432 a year.

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#10

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

Mississippi State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mississippi State are $24,900 a year.

Full Health & Physical Education at Mississippi State University Report

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best health and physical education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 431
Florida 418
Georgia 308
North Carolina 225
Tennessee 287
Kentucky 190
Louisiana 152
Alabama 196
South Carolina 175
Mississippi 160
Arkansas 271
West Virginia 232

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 17 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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