Health & Physical Education at Old Dominion University

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

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286.

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.

Old Dominion Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

Old Dominion Health & Physical Education Rankings

The phys ed major at Old Dominion 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in phys ed, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its phys ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	42
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Old Dominion Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of phys ed master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Old Dominion, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health & Physical Education

If you plan to be a phys ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Old Dominion University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sports Management	77
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	14

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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370
Coaches and Scouts	6,910	$42,340
Athletic Trainers	790	$48,970
Exercise Physiologists	360	$58,560

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.