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Most Popular Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

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

Health & Physical Education is the #68 most popular major in Connecticut with 51 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. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to see which master'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.

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

#1

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

Our analysis found University of New Haven to be the most popular school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Connecticut. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Haven.

Women make up 36% of the phys ed majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Of the 18 students majoring in phys ed at UCONN, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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#4

Post University

Waterbury, CT

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Post University is a great place for health and physical education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

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Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 243
Rhode Island 36
New Hampshire 163
Maine 3
Vermont 16

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 4 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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