by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 67,146 people earned their degree in health and physical education, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, health and physical education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,386 and had an average of $24,576 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 2,397 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,785 and $25,938 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 70 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in health and physical education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health and physical education.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dean College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region list. Franklin, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwalk Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region. Norwalk, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Manchester, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Manchester Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Three Rivers Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Norwich, Connecticut, and it awarded 6 associates’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Three Rivers Community College Health & Physical Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holyoke Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region. Holyoke, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Holyoke Community College
NHTI-Concord’s Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Concord, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at NHTI-Concord’s Community College
Central Maine Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
Full Central Maine Community College Health & Physical Education Report
Northern Essex Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region list. Haverhill, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Gateway Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Gateway Community College is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 2 associates’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Gateway Community College Health & Physical Education Report
Bunker Hill Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. BHCC is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
Mount Wachusett Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Gardner, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 associates’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Mount Wachusett Community College
Manchester Community College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Manchester Community College is a small school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 5 associates’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Manchester Community College
Springfield Technical Community College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s phys ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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