2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Physical Education Teaching Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Education Teaching & Coaching is the 104th most popular major in the country with 8,121 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 969 physical education teaching and coaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 physical education teaching and coaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Education Teaching Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical education teaching and coaching. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in physical education teaching and coaching.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Physical Education Teaching Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree physical education teaching students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching in the Plains States Region

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Education Teaching Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s physical education teaching degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full KU Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Report

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Education Teaching Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s physical education teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full K -State Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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