by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General is the 54th most popular major in the country with 13,944 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 413 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 377 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains 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 Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Billings, Montana, this small public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana - Western. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. The University of Montana - Western is located in Dillon, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lewis - Clark State College Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 147 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 126 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Metropolitan State University of Denver did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
Full MSU Denver Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report
University of Providence did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Great Falls, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Weber State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Weber State University
With a ranking of #9, University of Utah did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Full U of U Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report
Rocky Mountain College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Rocky Mountain College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 0 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Rocky Mountain College
Montana Bible College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana Bible College is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #9, The University of Montana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
Full UM Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report
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