by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Health & Physical Education is the 11th most popular major in the country with 67,146 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Connecticut, there were 265 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,788 and $26,171 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in health and physical education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health and physical education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree phys ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut list. Mitchell College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New London, Connecticut. It awarded 13 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut list. Eastern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in Willimantic, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Central Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Britain, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #4 spot on the list. Post University is a private for-profit institution located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut. Southern Connecticut State University is a medium-sized public school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 23 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Albertus Magnus College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, University of Connecticut did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut list. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Saint Joseph landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Connecticut ranking. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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