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2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools

26 Colleges
$31,386 Avg Salary
$24,576 Avg Student Debt

Health & Physical Education is the #30 most popular major in the country with 9,742 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online phys ed programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the most popular school for health and physical education students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Western States. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools list. Western States Chiropractic College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend United States Sports Academy. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools list. The Academy is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daphne.

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The excellent online programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the United States. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

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American Public University System ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Liberty University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for health and physical education students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#8

Troy University

Troy, AL

Troy University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best health and physical education programs. Located in the town of Troy, TROY is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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California University of Pennsylvania came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Schools ranking. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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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 26 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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