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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate 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.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 63 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.

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

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our 2023 rankings named Western Kentucky University the most popular school in the United States for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a fairly 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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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 63 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

About 19% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 81% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great place for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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

Full Health & Physical Education at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

Out of the 63 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

Full Health & Physical Education at American Public University System Report

#5

Providence College

Providence, RI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Providence College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in the United States. Located in the city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Out of the 63 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

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#7

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Health & Physical Education at East Carolina University Report

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular 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 Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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With a ranking of #9, Miami University - Oxford did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

About 71% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Health & Physical Education at Miami University - Oxford Report

University of Connecticut landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health and physical education programs. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Women make up 80% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Health & Physical Education students that almost earned our Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools award.

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 28 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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