Health & Physical Education at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

If you plan to study health and physical education, take a look at what California State Polytechnic University - Pomona has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and approximately 30,014 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 198 students received a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Cal Poly Pomona.

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.

Cal Poly Pomona Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed
• Master’s Degree in Phys Ed

Cal Poly Pomona Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Cal Poly Pomona compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at Cal Poly Pomona 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 Popular Health & Physical Education Schools	78
Best Value Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools	195

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from Cal Poly Pomona. This makes it the #323 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Phys Ed Graduates from Cal Poly Pomona Make?

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly Pomona is $25,265. This is less than $28,522, which is the national average of all phys ed majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

The phys ed program at Cal Poly Pomona awarded 198 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	87
White	26
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Cal Poly Pomona Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in phys ed from Cal Poly Pomona in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Cal Poly Pomona, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cal Poly Pomona 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 CA, the home state for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	38,340	$51,580
Coaches and Scouts	25,750	$45,600
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	2,030	$114,220
Athletic Trainers	1,240	$58,060
Athletes and Sports Competitors	1,060	$125,160

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 Victorrocha under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.