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2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Health & Physical Education is the 11th most popular major in the country with 64,869 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health and physical education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,872 and had an average of $24,778 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 16,699 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,232 and $25,452 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 190 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health and physical education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health and physical education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health and physical education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wake Technical Community College is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $4,607 for southeast region associate degree phys ed students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at Wake Technical Community College

#2

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bob Jones University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bob Jones University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

Bob Jones University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,076 for southeast region associate degree phys ed students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bob Jones University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Bob Jones University Health & Physical Education Report

#3

Webber International University

Babson Park, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Webber International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Webber International University is located in Babson Park, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

Webber International University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webber International University is $22,980 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Phys Ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Webber International University Health & Physical Education Report

#4

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #4 spot on the list. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is $33,435 for southeast region associate degree phys ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

#5

Bryan University

Rogers, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Rogers, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Bryan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bryan University is $17,936 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Phys Ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Bryan University Health & Physical Education Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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