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2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$30,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 9,197 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,322 and $25,010 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in health and physical education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health and physical education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health and physical education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in River Forest, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Chicago, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Concordia University, Chicago

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s phys ed degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at UW - Madison

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 4 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #7 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UWM Health & Physical Education Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Health & Physical Education Report

#4

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s phys ed degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Health & Physical Education Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 18 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State Health & Physical Education Report

#3 in overall quality

Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#7

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

University of Toledo landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree phys ed students list, University of Toledo has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Toledo are $27,067, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Toledo Health & Physical Education Report

#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 7 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 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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