by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 1,808 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,134 and $25,340 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,023 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Georgia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Georgia” 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 georgia doctor’s degree phys ed students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia State University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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