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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$31,316 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for phys ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health & Physical Education

Our analysis found California University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

Cal U graduate students pay an average of $18,508 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at West Chester University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and physical education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 per year.

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#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and physical education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Health & Physical Education at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 309
Pennsylvania 584
Maryland 16
New Jersey 79
District of Columbia 213
Delaware 23

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 4 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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