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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,956 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,872 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education School for You

Health & Physical Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 232 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in West Virginia 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.

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 Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Health & Physical Education

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for health and physical education students. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year.

American Military University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Health & Physical Education Schools in West Virginia list.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV
$9,144 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WVU is ranked #3 for overall quality for phys ed in West Virginia.

Full Health & Physical Education at West Virginia University Report

#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV
$8,552 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Huntington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marshall University are $8,552 per year.

Full Health & Physical Education at Marshall University Report

Best Value Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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

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 3 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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