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Health & Physical Education at Rice University

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Health & Physical Education at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643. In 2021, 104 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Rice.

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.

Rice Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Rice Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Rice compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Rice 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
11
14
Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools 248
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 286

How Much Do Phys Ed Graduates from Rice Make?

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rice is $38,232. This is 34% higher than $28,522, which is the national average for all phys ed bachelor's degree recipients.

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Phys Ed Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The phys ed program at Rice awarded 104 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 35
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 19,450 $38,650
Coaches and Scouts 13,270 $51,800
Athletic Trainers 2,370 $56,170
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 1,640 $67,210
Exercise Physiologists 490 $46,240

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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