Health & Physical Education at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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

Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a total student population of 34,285. In 2021, 150 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University.

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.

Louisiana State University Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Louisiana State University

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? Louisiana State University offers distance education options for phys ed at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Louisiana State University Health & Physical Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks phys ed programs across the country. The following shows how Louisiana State University 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 Louisiana State University 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Value Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools	216

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

Earnings of Louisiana State University Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana State University is $27,971. 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 Louisiana State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.

Louisiana State University Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 150 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Physical Education from Louisiana State University in 2020-2021, 68% were men and 32% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Louisiana State University 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	91
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Louisiana State University Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a master’s in phys ed from Louisiana State University in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Louisiana State University, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the phys ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Louisiana State University 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,420	$32,620
Coaches and Scouts	1,560	$55,210
Athletic Trainers	230	$46,650
Exercise Physiologists	40	$52,800

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 Kkmurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.