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 “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s” 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 Washington, there were 605 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,836 and $23,114 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in health and physical education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in health and physical education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. CWU is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gonzaga University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Gonzaga University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 15 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s list. Seattle University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s list. Eastern Washington University is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 14 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
With a ranking of #6, Western Washington University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s list. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s phys ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at UW Seattle
Pacific Lutheran University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Washington for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Tacoma, Washington, and it awarded 42 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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