by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the New England region, there were 2,397 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,785 and $25,938 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in health and physical education. To top this list, a school must have a successful health and physical education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree phys ed students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Massachusetts - Boston Health & Physical Education Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s phys ed degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, 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 93%.
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