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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$69,500 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree School for You

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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health & Physical Education program at each school on the list.

Check out the phys ed doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston the most popular school in the Southwest Region for health and physical education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 54% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Women make up 64% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

About 30% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 70% are male.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 57% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

About 50% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 50% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the phys ed majors at the school.

Full Health & Physical Education at Texas Woman’s University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Women make up 50% of the phys ed majors at the school.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at The University of Texas at Arlington

#8

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health and physical education programs. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

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

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#9

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health and physical education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Texas Christian University

New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best health and physical education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 812
Arizona 18
Oklahoma 268
New Mexico 25

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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