2023 Most Focused Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Vermont, there were 133 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,381 and $25,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont” ranking, we looked at 4 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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Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont phys ed students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Vermont

1

Castleton University
Castleton, Vermont

#7 overall quality in Vermont

$39,395 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,203 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Castleton University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Castleton, Vermont, and it awarded 58 ’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Castleton University Health & Physical Education Report

2

Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont

#10 overall quality in Vermont

$32,929 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,589 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont list. Northern Vermont University is a small school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 13 ’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Vermont University Health & Physical Education Report

3

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

#4 overall quality in Vermont

$51,424 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,819 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont. Northfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s phys ed degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 Norwich University

4

University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

#3 overall quality in Vermont

$40,070 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,994 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Phys Ed Major in Vermont. UVM is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 43 ’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at University of Vermont

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.