2023 Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Phys Ed for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Southeast region, there were 17,631 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,134 and $25,357 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 204 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Phys Ed for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health and physical education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health and physical education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the health and physical education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Phys Ed for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying phys ed.
Top 3 Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Phys Ed for an Associate. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 associates’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 20,330 students enrolled at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale, 75 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,004. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bob Jones University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Phys Ed for an Associate. Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bob Jones University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 75 of the 3,029 students enrolled at Bob Jones University were GI Bill® students, of which 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,092. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Bob Jones University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Bob Jones University]](/colleges/bob-jones-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Phys Ed for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Webber International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Webber International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Babson Park, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Webber International University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Webber International University supports 812 students, and 32 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,178. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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