Health & Physical Education at McKendree University

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

McKendree is located in Lebanon, Illinois and approximately 2,200 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in phys ed from McKendree.

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.

McKendree Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Online Classes Are Available at McKendree

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

McKendree Health & Physical Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at McKendree 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 Popular Online Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	398

Phys Ed Student Demographics at McKendree

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

McKendree Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

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

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at McKendree are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

McKendree 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 IL, the home state for McKendree University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	16,430	$46,670
Coaches and Scouts	10,670	$38,760
Athletic Trainers	1,480	$44,380
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	580	$61,840

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 Robert Lawton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.