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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$19,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in health and physical education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health and physical education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health and physical education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree phys ed students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Wake Technical Community College is $6,876 for southeast region associate degree phys ed students with aid.

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#2

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

Bob Jones University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bob Jones University is $12,923 for southeast region associate degree phys ed students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#3

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #3 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is $33,428 for southeast region associate degree phys ed students with aid.

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#4

Webber International University

Babson Park, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webber International University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Webber International University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Babson Park, Florida. It awarded 2 associates’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree phys ed students with aid list, Webber International University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webber International University is $24,479 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Phys Ed students with aid.

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#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 Getting Aid list. Bryan University is a small school located in Rogers, Arkansas that handed out 1 associates’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Bryan University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bryan University is $18,646 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Phys Ed students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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