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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$18,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for phys ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the phys ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, American Military University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 per year.

Winona State also claimed a spot on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and physical education schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.

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#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 5 spot on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health and physical education programs. Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Citadel are $18,540 a year.

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#7

Missouri Baptist University

Saint Louis, MO

Missouri Baptist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health and physical education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, MBU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

MBU graduate students pay an average of $10,670 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

With a ranking of #8, Belhaven University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Jackson.

Belhaven graduate students pay an average of $10,980 in tuition and fees each year.

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Salem State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salem State are $10,477 per year.

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#10

National University

La Jolla, CA

With a ranking of #10, National University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at National University are $15,480 a year.

National University also claimed a spot on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Health & Physical Education by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Majors Similar to Phys Ed

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.

  • 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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