by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking.
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 Minnesota, there were 1,026 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,151 and $25,472 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 815 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 24 colleges that offered a degree in health and physical education. That schools that top this list have a program in health and physical education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota bachelor’s degree phys ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest Minnesota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota. Southwest Minnesota State University is a public institution located in Marshall, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Southwest Minnesota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gustavus Adolphus College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Gustavus Adolphus is a small school located in Saint Peter, Minnesota that handed out 29 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 119 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Bemidji State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bemidji, Minnesota, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Bemidji State University Health & Physical Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota. UMN Crookston is located in Crookston, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #6, Crown College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. This small school is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Winona State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 63 degrees to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Winona State University
With a ranking of #8, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 100 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Health & Physical Education Report
Minnesota State University - Moorhead ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Concordia College at Moorhead ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Concordia College Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Concordia College at Moorhead
With a ranking of #11, North Central University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Central University Health & Physical Education Report
With a ranking of #12, St Olaf College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. This small school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Augsburg University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota ranking. Augsburg University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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St Catherine University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at St. Kate’s
University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota ranking, coming in at #15. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized public school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 53 bachelors’s phys ed degrees 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%.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at University of Minnesota - Duluth
University of Minnesota - Morris landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota ranking. UMN Morris is a small public school situated in Morris, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Bethel University Minnesota ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Bethel University Minnesota Health & Physical Education Report
University of Northwestern - St Paul ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 12 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Hamline University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota ranking. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 85 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota ranking, coming in at #22. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, Saint Cloud State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Saint Cloud State University is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Saint Cloud State University
Oak Hills Christian College ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Minnesota list. Oak Hills Christian College is located in Bemidji, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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