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Health & Physical Education at Rice University

Health & Physical Education at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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 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.

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

28% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 72% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 4
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 23
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 58
Sports Management 46

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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