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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$27,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,874 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education School for You

In 2020-2021, 16 degrees and certificates were awarded to health and physical education students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #122 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Health & Physical Education

#1

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD
$44,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Mount St Mary’s University to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. Located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The Mount are $44,750 per year.

Full Health & Physical Education at Mount St Mary’s University Report

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great value for health and physical education students. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.

UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $10,955 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMCP also made our Best Health & Physical Education Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 2 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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