Health & Physical Education at Oral Roberts University

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

ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and approximately 4,317 students attend the school each year. Of the 627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oral Roberts University in 2021, 43 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.

ORU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

ORU Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at ORU 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 ORU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	77
	243
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	293
Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools	439
	463

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from ORU. This makes it the #208 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ORU Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at ORU is $23,144. 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 ORU

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

ORU Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in phys ed from ORU in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were 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 Oral Roberts University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

ORU Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in phys ed from ORU. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

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 Oral Roberts 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 Dustin M. Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.