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

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for health & physical education students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 171 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 quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection 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 South Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top South Carolina Schools for a Master's in Phys Ed

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

52 Annual Graduates

$41,793 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a master's degree in health & physical education. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population.

Health & Physical Education master's degree recipients from University of South Carolina - Columbia get an earnings boost of approximately $2,401 above the average earnings of health & physical education graduates.

More information about a master’s in health & physical education from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

14 Annual Graduates

$38,918 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Citadel Military College of South Carolina if you wish to pursue a master's degree in health & physical education. The Citadel is a small public college located in the midsize city of Charleston.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the phys ed program make around $38,918 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Citadel Military College of South Carolina

3

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

53 Annual Graduates

Clemson University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Clemson.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Clemson University

4

Coker University
Hartsville, SC

18 Annual Graduates

$37,465 Median Starting Salary

Coker University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. Coker is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Hartsville.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the phys ed program make about $37,465 in their early career salary.

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

5

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC

12 Annual Graduates

Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Conway.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Coastal Carolina University

6

Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC

14 Annual Graduates

Winthrop is a small public university located in the city of Rock Hill.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Winthrop University

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	409
Georgia	190	293
Virginia	182	417
North Carolina	178	194
Tennessee	166	269
Alabama	151	160
Kentucky	147	151
Louisiana	147	152
Mississippi	145	147
Arkansas	121	270
West Virginia	112	216

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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
Sports Management	159
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	12

Majors Similar to Phys Ed

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Recreation Administration	38

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.