2024 Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire

Ranked #9 in popularity, health & physical education is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 286 bachelor's degrees in health & physical education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health & Physical Education School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The phys ed bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health & physical education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health & physical education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for health & physical education to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health & physical education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health & physical education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health & Physical Education in New Hampshire

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health & physical education.

Top New Hampshire Schools for a Bachelor's in Phys Ed

1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH

75 Annual Graduates

$33,972 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of New Hampshire - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in health & physical education. UNH is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Durham.

Bachelor's recipients from the health & physical education program at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus get $3,002 more than the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in health & physical education from University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

2

Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH

52 Annual Graduates

$32,371 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Plymouth State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in health & physical education. Plymouth State is a small public university located in the remote town of Plymouth.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the phys ed program make an average of $32,371 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in health & physical education from Plymouth State University

3

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

83 Annual Graduates

$29,329 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in health & physical education. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the phys ed program state that they receive average early career earnings of $29,329.

More information about a bachelor’s in health & physical education from Southern New Hampshire University

4

Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH

19 Annual Graduates

$31,746 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health & physical education has to take a look at Franklin Pierce University. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Rindge.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the phys ed program make about $31,746 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in health & physical education from Franklin Pierce University

5

Colby - Sawyer College
New London, NH

20 Annual Graduates

$27,433 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Located in the rural area of New London, Colby - Sawyer is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the phys ed program earn around $27,433 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in health & physical education from Colby - Sawyer College

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	885
Connecticut	183	179
Rhode Island	157	165
Maine	156	166
Vermont	155	117

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Health & Physical Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies area of study, Health & Physical Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Phys Ed Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	133
Sports Management	126
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	27

Majors Similar to Phys Ed

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Recreation Administration	77
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	6
Outdoor Education	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.