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2022 Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

7 Ranked Colleges
300 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,096 people earned their degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 357 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 300 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general 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 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general 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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Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree physical education students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General in the New England Region

#1

Westfield State University

Westfield, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westfield State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 67 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

Westfield also made our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $19,167 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Education students per year to attend Westfield.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

Plymouth State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $19,316 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical education students per year to attend Plymouth State.

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#3

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Castleton University is a small public school situated in Castleton, Vermont. It awarded 29 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Castleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Castleton is $17,637 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical education students.

Full Castleton Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 6 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical education students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#5

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

Northern Vermont University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $15,749 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical education students per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 145 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts - Boston is $18,340 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical education students.

Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at University of Massachusetts - Boston

#7

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

Norwich University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Norwich did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $24,701 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Education students per year to attend Norwich.

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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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