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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 505 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General in the Plains States Region

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Northern State University
Aberdeen, South Dakota

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Aberdeen, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at NSU

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University of Mary
Bismarck, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMary Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 16 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad 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 Nebraska at Omaha

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Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Washburn University is a medium-sized school located in Topeka, Kansas that handed out 5 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Washburn University

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Minnesota State Mankato

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 4 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Mizzou

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University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

University of Northern Iowa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 64 diplomas to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at University of Northern Iowa

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