2026 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in California
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for outdoor health & physical education/fitness students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness in California
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the outdoor health & physical education/fitness degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness
University Of La Verne tops our 2026 ranking of the best outdoor health & physical education/fitness schools. University Of La Verne is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of La Verne. University Of La Verne graduates 63% of students within six years. There were roughly 68 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at University Of La Verne in the most recent data year. Outdoor Health & Physical Education/fitness graduates of University Of La Verne earn a median of $35,364 early in their careers. University Of La Verne graduates carry a median of $26,314 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 3 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
