Health & Physical Education is a major offered under the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program of study at Washington State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in phys ed, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Wazzu was ranked #76 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for phys ed majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #3 in Washington.
Here are some of the other rankings for Wazzu.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Wazzu paid an average of $1,286 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $538 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $10,202 | $25,145 |
Fees | $1,968 | $1,968 |
Books and Supplies | $960 | $960 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,848 | $11,848 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,542 | $3,542 |
Learn more about Wazzu tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Phys Ed students who received their bachelor’s degree at Wazzu took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 4% higher than the national average of $23,980.
The median early career salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Wazzu is $35,374 per year. That is 27% higher than the national average of $27,962.
Online degrees for the Wazzu phys ed bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Wazzu Online Learning page.
About 49.4% of the students who received their BS in phys ed in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 48.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.9% of the phys ed bachelor’s degrees at Wazzu in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 115 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 21 |
Health & Physical Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Sports Management | 53 |
Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 125 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.