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

If you pursue a master's degree in health & physical education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #23 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 230 master's degrees in health & physical education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

The phys ed master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality phys ed program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health & physical education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health & physical education students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt health & physical education students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Health & Physical Education Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in Missouri list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in health & physical education.

Top Missouri Schools for a Master's in Phys Ed

1

Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO

23 Annual Graduates

$37,641 Median Starting Salary

Lindenwood University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Charles.

Students who graduate with their master's from the phys ed program state that they receive average early career earnings of $37,641.

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

2

Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, MO

24 Annual Graduates

Missouri Baptist University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, MBU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Missouri Baptist University

3

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

4 Annual Graduates

University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from University of Missouri - Columbia

3

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO

35 Annual Graduates

$42,260 Median Starting Salary

University of Central Missouri is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health & physical education. UCM is a large public university located in the town of Warrensburg.

Those health & physical education students who get their master's degree from University of Central Missouri receive $2,302 more than the standard phys ed student.

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

4

Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, MO

11 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Missouri Western State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in health & physical education. Missouri Western is a small public university located in the small city of Saint Joseph.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Missouri Western State University

5

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO

23 Annual Graduates

$39,972 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the phys ed program state that they receive average early career earnings of $39,972.

More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Northwest Missouri State University

6

Avila University
Kansas City, MO

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Kansas City, Avila is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in health & physical education from Avila University

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	174	139
Iowa	154	93
Kansas	149	50
Nebraska	123	34
North Dakota	115	36
South Dakota	89	52

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Rankings in Majors Related to Phys Ed

Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.

Phys Ed Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	160
Sports Management	40
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	26
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Phys Ed

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	1

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.