Health & Physical Education at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859. Of the 1,542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 2021, 79 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.

Howard Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Howard Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Howard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at Howard 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 Schools	122
Best Value Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	206
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	377
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	453

Earnings of Howard Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Howard is $32,089. This is 13% higher than $28,522, which is the national average for all phys ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students earned a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Howard. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Other 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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,040	$56,670
Coaches and Scouts	640	$66,650
Athletic Trainers	70	$68,470

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.