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2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online phys ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#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 Southeast Region . Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 39% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 17% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in phys ed at Liberty University, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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#6

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Belhaven University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Jackson.

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#7

Lynn University

Boca Raton, FL

Lynn 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 #7 on the list. Located in the city of Boca Raton, Lynn University Fighting Knights is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health and physical education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population.

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#7

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason 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 #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Mississippi

University, MS

With a ranking of #7, University of Mississippi did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health and physical education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online health and physical education schools for a specific state in the Southeast 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
West Virginia 232

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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 10 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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