Health & Physical Education at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,233 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 121 of them were health and physical education majors.

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

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECU offers distance education options for phys ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ECU Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at ECU 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools	18
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
	436

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from ECU. This makes it the #87 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ECU Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $25,801. 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 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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 students earned a bachelor's degree in phys ed from ECU. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	74
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

ECU Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 phys ed majors earned their master's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from ECU, 68% 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 East Carolina University with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.