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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$19,101 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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 Southeast Region . Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

American Military University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great value for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 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 Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Citadel are $18,540 per year.

The Citadel excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Out of the 14 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Jackson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.

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#5

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Shenandoah University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.

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University of Southern Mississippi came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small 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.

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#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WKU graduate students pay an average of $18,340 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina 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 #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $20,743 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ECU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#9

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

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

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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 14 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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