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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our 2023 rankings named National University the most popular school in California for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Full Health & Physical Education at National University Report

#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in California. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Health & Physical Education at San Francisco State University Report

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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 2 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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