Health & Physical Education at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and has a total student population of 32,428. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 233 students received a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Colorado State.

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.

Colorado State Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

Colorado State Health & Physical Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks phys ed programs across the country. The following shows how Colorado State performed in these rankings.

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 Colorado State 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 Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools	41

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

Earnings of Colorado State Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado State is $31,921. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $28,522 for all phys ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Colorado State

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

Colorado State Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 233 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Physical Education from Colorado State in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	170
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Colorado State Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in phys ed from Colorado State in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Colorado State, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Recreation Administration

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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	9,040	$46,330
Coaches and Scouts	7,930	$38,470
Athletic Trainers	430	$53,030
Athletes and Sports Competitors	370	$183,110
Exercise Physiologists	160	$49,890

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.