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2021 Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

14 Colleges
1,922 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,005 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

For this year's Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a bachelor's in phys ed. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health & physical education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the health & physical education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Phys Ed Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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2021 Best Health & Physical Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

Check out the phys ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Massachusetts Amherst tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional health & physical education students. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the New England Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. 6,786 students are part time.

Full Health & Physical Education at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

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Endicott College
Beverly, MA

Our rankings recognize Endicott College as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Beverly, Endicott is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Endicott also made our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.

The student loan default rate at Endicott is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. 885 students at Endicott are exclusively online. About 887 of the students at Endicott are attending part time.

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Southern New Hampshire University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. 138,672 of SNHU students are exclusively distance learners. 102,147 of SNHU students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts - Boston as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMass Boston has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the New England Region ranking.

About 2.0% of UMass Boston students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,088 students take at least one class online at UMass Boston. There are roughly 4,332 part time students in attendance at UMass Boston.

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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Westfield State University. Westfield is a small public school located in the suburb of Westfield. Westfield did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the New England Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 2,052 students take at least one class online at Westfield. About 1,138 of the students at Westfield are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Plymouth State University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public school with a small student population.

About 1.8% of Plymouth State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,045 students at Plymouth State that take at least one class online. 479 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of New Hampshire - Main Campus as the #7 school in this year's rankings. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNH has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the New England Region ranking.

About 1.0% of UNH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,625 students take at least one class online at UNH. About 1,355 of the students at UNH are attending part time.

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Castleton University
Castleton, VT

Our rankings recognize Castleton University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Castleton, Castleton is a public school with a small student population.

About 2.2% of Castleton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 430 students take at least one class online at Castleton. About 863 of the students at Castleton are attending part time.

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Salem State University comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.

The student loan default rate at Salem State is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,979 students at Salem State that take at least one class online. 2,253 students are part time.

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Saint Joseph's College of Maine earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

The student loan default rate at Saint Joseph’s Maine is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are roughly 464 part time students in attendance at Saint Joseph’s Maine.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students health & physical education schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 885
Connecticut 179
New Hampshire 286
Rhode Island 165
Maine 166
Vermont 117

Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 14 schools only.

References

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