Health & Physical Education at Kentucky Wesleyan College

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

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and approximately 887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Wesleyan.

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.

Wesleyan Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Wesleyan Health & Physical Education Rankings

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

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 Wesleyan 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	62
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	534
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools	667

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Wesleyan

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

Wesleyan Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Wesleyan. About 80% were men and 20% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Coaches and Scouts	2,520	$38,740
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,290	$36,800
Athletic Trainers	410	$47,140
Athletes and Sports Competitors	140	$40,600
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	120	$67,240

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 Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.