2024 Best Health Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in health education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #226 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Health Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 492 bachelor's degrees in health education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health education students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Health Education Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health Education in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health education.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in School Health Education

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

64 Annual Graduates

George Mason University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in health education. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health education from George Mason University

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

428 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health education has to take a look at Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.More information about a bachelor’s in health education from Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Health Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Health Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	2
North Carolina	453	4
Georgia	453	0
Kentucky	331	43
Arkansas	294	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to School Health Education

Health Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to School Health Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	348
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	103
Music Education	29
Art Education	19
Mathematics Education	6
Social Studies Education	6
English & Language Arts Education	5
History Education	3
French Language Teacher Education	1
Geography Teacher Education	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.