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2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama

6 Ranked Colleges
133 Degrees Awarded
$18,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master's in Alabama

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 64,869 people earned their degree in health and physical education, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 680 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,750 and $29,459 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Alabama

#1

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 masters’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

TROY also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TROY are $16,156, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at TROY

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. University of South Alabama is located in Mobile, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at USA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Sports Academy. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. United States Sports Academy is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Daphne, Alabama. It awarded 27 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

The Academy also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at United States Sports Academy are $19,440, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at The Academy

#4

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University at Montgomery. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

AUM also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at AUM are $17,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at AUM

#5

Alabama A & M University

Normal, Alabama

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Alabama A & M University landed the #5 spot on the list. AAMU is a medium-sized school located in Normal, Alabama that handed out 20 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

AAMU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alabama A & M University are $21,574, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Alabama A & M University Health & Physical Education Report

#6

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama

Jacksonville State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama ranking. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized school located in Jacksonville, Alabama that handed out 15 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Jacksonville State University also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Jacksonville State 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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