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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
201 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 220 other health and physical education/fitness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 201 other health and physical education/fitness graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in other health and physical education/fitness. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other health and physical education/fitness programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other health and physical education/fitness program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to qualified students.

Edinboro not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is $16,833 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

Full Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

#2

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lock Haven University landed the #2 spot on the list. LHU is a small public school situated in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It awarded 34 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students list, LHU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lock Haven University is $20,506 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

Read more about Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at LHU

#3

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bloomsburg, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $20,230 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness students per year to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Full Bloomsburg Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

#4

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Canisius College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to qualified students.

Canisius did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Canisius College is $19,222 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

Read full report on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Canisius College

#5

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard University is $41,289 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Howard Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

#6

Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

Saint Peter’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness students in 2019-2020.

Saint Peter’s College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Peter’s College is $11,957 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness students.

Full Saint Peter’s College Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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