by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,441 people earned their degree in other health and physical education/fitness, making the major the 392nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 489 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 273 other health and physical education/fitness graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other health and physical education/fitness. That schools that top this list have a program in other health and physical education/fitness in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tougaloo College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Tougaloo
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UNG is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 161 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to qualified students.
Full University of North Georgia Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Randolph College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Averett University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region. AU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Danville, Virginia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. William Carey University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full William Carey University Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report
With a ranking of #6, Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Methodist
Emmanuel College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Franklin Springs, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Emmanuel College
With a ranking of #8, Limestone College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. Limestone College is a small school located in Gaffney, South Carolina that handed out 7 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Limestone College Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report
Coker University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Hartsville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Coker University
With a ranking of #10, Valdosta State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. VSU is located in Valdosta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Valdosta State University
Greensboro College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Greensboro College
Tennessee Wesleyan University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking. TWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Athens, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Campbell University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized 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 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Campbell University Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report
With a ranking of #14, Emory University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Emory Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report
Huntingdon College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness students in 2020-2021.
Full Huntingdon College Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Report
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at UT Knoxville
Gardner - Webb University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Gardner - Webb is a small school located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness at Gardner - Webb University
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