2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health & Physical Education School for You
With 700 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health and physical education is the #17 most popular major in Illinois.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Illinois to see which 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for phys ed majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Schools
Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $34,310 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for health and physical education students. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Normal.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois State are $13,968 per year.
Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois list.
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Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 3 spot on the list. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.
SIUE undergraduate students pay an average of $11,496 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIU are $14,738 per year.
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Eastern Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EIU are $12,297 a year.
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North Central College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health and physical education programs. North Central is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Naperville.
North Central undergraduate students pay an average of $42,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Aurora University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health and physical education students. It came in at #8 on the list. Aurora is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Aurora.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aurora are $26,760 per year.
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Western Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health and physical education students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health and physical education students. It came in at #10 on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.
UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Best Value Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 212 |
Ohio | 457 |
Indiana | 161 |
Wisconsin | 107 |
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Majors Related to Phys Ed
One of 4 majors within the area of study, health and physical education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 12 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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