by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Iowa, there were 1,379 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,573 and $26,058 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 93 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,865 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 7 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.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa” 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 iowa master’s degree phys ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Penn University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa. Located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
Full William Penn University Health & Physical Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Upper Iowa University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa. Located in Fayette, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
Full Upper Iowa University Health & Physical Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand View University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 4 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Grand View University Health & Physical Education Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 38 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 7 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 2.8% 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 #6, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 4 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Iowa State University
Briar Cliff University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Iowa ranking. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
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