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Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Mississippi University for Women

Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Mississippi University for Women

If you are interested in studying sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi University for Women. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and approximately 2,704 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General section at the bottom of this page.

MUW Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education

MUW Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Rankings

The physical education major at MUW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General. 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.

Physical Education Student Demographics at MUW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical education majors at Mississippi University for Women.

MUW Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of physical education bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi University for Women with a bachelor's in physical education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Physical Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi University for Women.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Coaches and Scouts 1,370 $51,120
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 1,250 $32,090
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 150 $62,070

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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