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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$21,241 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. 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.

The Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health & Physical Education

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #4 for overall quality for phys ed in the Southwest Region .

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

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree 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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #5 for overall quality for phys ed in the Southwest Region .

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.

UH also claimed a spot on our Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and physical education schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, OSU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and physical education students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health and physical education programs. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baylor are $37,674 per year.

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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 7 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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