2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking - to help you make that 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 Georgia, there were 1,821 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,138 and $23,900 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,417 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at UGA

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Georgia State

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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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