Health & Physical Education at Oklahoma Baptist University

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

OBU is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 1,763. Of the 343 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2021, 4 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.

OBU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

OBU Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at OBU 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 OBU 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	758
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	929

Phys Ed Student Demographics at OBU

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

OBU Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at OBU 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 Oklahoma Baptist University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

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

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

Related Majors

• Recreation Administration

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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,620	$35,840
Coaches and Scouts	2,140	$42,360
Athletic Trainers	330	$47,720
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	140	$46,930

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 Gigrantula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.