Health & Physical Education at Carthage College

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

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 2,763. In 2021, 21 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Carthage.

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.

Carthage Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

Carthage Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Carthage 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 Carthage 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
Best Value Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools	234
Best Health & Physical Education Schools	268
	278
	291
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	339

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from Carthage. This makes it the #250 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Phys Ed Graduates from Carthage Make?

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carthage is $27,848. 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 Carthage

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at Carthage College.

Carthage Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in phys ed from Carthage in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Carthage are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Carthage Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Health & Physical Education from Carthage in 2020-2021, 89% were men and 11% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Carthage, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the phys ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carthage College with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Carthage 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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	5,710	$32,030
Coaches and Scouts	5,010	$31,930
Athletic Trainers	860	$49,370
Exercise Physiologists	260	$53,850
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	220	$56,880

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.