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Health & Physical Education at Cornell College

Health & Physical Education at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and approximately 1,002 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cornell College Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Cornell College Health & Physical Education Rankings

The phys ed major at Cornell College 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.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

28% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 72% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Cornell College 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in phys ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Health & Physical Education

If you plan to be a phys ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Cornell College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 23
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General 3

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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Coaches and Scouts 4,590 $30,960
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 3,590 $32,880
Athletic Trainers 300 $47,260
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 270 $69,900
Exercise Physiologists 40 $49,120

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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