2024 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Utah

Health & Physical Education is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #23 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 master's degrees in health & physical education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health & Physical Education School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of health & physical education for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health & physical education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health & physical education students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for health & physical education to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health & physical education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health & physical education students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Utah list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Health & Physical Education in Utah

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for health & physical education students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Utah Schools for a Master's in Phys Ed

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

4 Annual Graduates

$40,214 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in health & physical education needs to take a look at University of Utah. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the phys ed program earn about $40,214 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in health & physical education from University of Utah

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

9 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you want to pursue a master's degree in health & physical education. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Brigham Young University - Provo

2

Utah State University
Logan, UT

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in health & physical education has to look into Utah State University. USU is a very large public university located in the small city of Logan.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Utah State University

3

Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT

15 Annual Graduates

Southern Utah University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. Located in the town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Southern Utah University

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	132
Idaho	96	31
Montana	90	4
Wyoming	53	11

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Health & Physical Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies area of study, Health & Physical Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Phys Ed Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	22
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	4
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	3

Majors Similar to Phys Ed

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	12

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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.