Health & Physical Education at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 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.

ECU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

ECU Health & Physical Education Rankings

The phys ed major at ECU 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 ECU

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

ECU Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at ECU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	50
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

ECU Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of phys ed master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

In the phys ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health & Physical Education

Health & Physical Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Fitness Technician	75
Sports Studies	46
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	28
Sports Management	8

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	9,690	$37,020
Coaches and Scouts	6,340	$46,420
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,040	$62,790
Athletic Trainers	880	$47,120

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.