Health & Physical Education at Bowie State University

If you are interested in studying health and physical education, you may want to check out the program at Bowie State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and approximately 6,250 students attend the school each year. Of the 882 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bowie State University in 2021, 28 of them were health and physical education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Physical Education section at the bottom of this page.

Bowie State University Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Bowie State University Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Bowie State University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at Bowie State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health & Physical Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	514
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools	525

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Bowie State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at Bowie State University.

Bowie State University Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Bowie State University. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% more racial-ethnic minorities in its phys ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bowie State University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bowie State University also has a doctoral program available in phys ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Phys Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in phys ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Bowie State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	7,560	$46,270
Coaches and Scouts	3,880	$43,790
Athletic Trainers	390	$51,820
Athletes and Sports Competitors	230	$50,250
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	130	$68,540

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By M. Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.