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 Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana” 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 Louisiana, there were 678 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,075 and $23,733 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 8 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree phys ed students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Grambling State University landed the #1 spot on the list. GSU is a medium-sized school located in Grambling, Louisiana that handed out 32 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, McNeese State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 24 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Louisiana at Monroe is located in Monroe, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 masters’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Louisiana at Monroe Health & Physical Education Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #4 spot on the list. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Louisiana University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana. Located in Hammond, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
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Louisiana Tech University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana Tech University is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana ranking. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Full Louisiana State University Health & Physical Education Report
Louisiana State University - Shreveport landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a medium-sized public school situated in Shreveport, Louisiana. It awarded 0 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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