by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Georgia for a Master’s” 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 Georgia, there were 1,808 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,134 and $25,340 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 293 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in health and physical education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in health and physical education.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s list. GaSou is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 96 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia Southern University Health & Physical Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 53 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. UNG is a public institution located in Dahlonega, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 42 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s list. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 25 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s. KSU Georgia is a large public school situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It awarded 20 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Kennesaw State University
University of West Georgia ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Carrollton, Georgia, and it awarded 18 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at University of West Georgia
Reinhardt University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Waleska, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at Reinhardt University
LaGrange College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s ranking. LaGrange is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lagrange, Georgia. It awarded 16 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
Read more about Health & Physical Education at LaGrange College
Augusta University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. Augusta University is a medium-sized school located in Augusta, Georgia that handed out 5 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Augusta University
Columbus State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Phys Ed Major in Georgia for a Master’s list. Columbus, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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