The main focus area for this major is Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health & Physical Education is a major offered under the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program of study at University of Northern Iowa. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in phys ed, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. UNI was ranked #85 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 #5 in Iowa.
Here are some of the other rankings for UNI.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UNI paid an average of $759 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $320 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 | $7,665 | $19,949 |
Fees | $1,273 | $1,273 |
Books and Supplies | $800 | $800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,160 | $9,160 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,396 | $2,396 |
Learn more about UNI 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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UNI in Phys Ed walked away with an average of $26,000 in student debt. That is 8% higher than the national average of $23,980.
The median early career salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UNI is $32,071 per year. That is 15% higher than the national average of $27,962.
Online degrees for the UNI 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 UNI Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in phys ed in 2019-2020, 47.7% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 48.8%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in phys ed at UNI in 2019-2020, 18.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 51 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Health & Physical Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General | 65 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 48 |
*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.