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2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools

24 Colleges

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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for phys ed majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our analysis found Western Kentucky University to be the most popular school for health and physical education students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

About 39% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 61% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #2 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.

Of the 14 students majoring in phys ed at Missouri State, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the United States. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 17% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 83% are male.

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#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 45% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in phys ed at ECU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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California University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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University of Western States landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate health and physical education programs. Western States Chiropractic College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

Women make up 33% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health and physical education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 25% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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#9

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Winona State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health and physical education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
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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 24 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).

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