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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in California

27 Colleges
$31,463 Avg Salary
$20,533 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,079 degrees and certificates were awarded to health and physical education students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 27 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Colleges.

Our analysis found Concordia University, Irvine to be the most popular school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a degree in California. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in California list. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.

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Out of the 27 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the # 3 spot on the list. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

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#4

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 27 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in California list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Point Loma Nazarene University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in California list. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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California State University - Fullerton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health and physical education students. It came in at #7 on the list. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health and physical education students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

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San Jose State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in California ranking. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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With a ranking of #10, California State University - Fresno did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health and physical education students. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 122
Oregon 59
Nevada 13
Hawaii 12

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 25 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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