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2022 Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor's 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,330 people earned their degree in other health and physical education/fitness, making the major the 346th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 158 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 116 other health and physical education/fitness graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other health and physical education/fitness. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other health and physical education/fitness programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other health and physical education/fitness program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Mayville State University

Mayville, North Dakota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mayville State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Mayville, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Mayville State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,378 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness students per year to attend Mayville State University.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri Southern also made our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Missouri Southern is $9,625 for plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

Full Missouri Southern State University Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

#3

Benedictine College

Atchison, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine College landed the #3 spot on the list. Benedictine College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atchison, Kansas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2019-2020.

Benedictine College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Benedictine College is $23,011 for plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Benedictine College Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Graceland University - Lamoni. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Lamoni, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students list, Graceland Lamoni has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Graceland University - Lamoni is $17,650 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness students.

Full Graceland University - Lamoni Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report

#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students list, Dordt has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dordt University is $25,102 for plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor health & physical education/fitness students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Saint Ambrose University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Davenport, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University 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 Plains States Region” list. It costs about $26,204 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness students per year to attend St. Ambrose University.

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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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