Health & Physical Education at Roanoke College

Every health and physical education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the phys ed program at Roanoke College stacks up to those at other schools.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and approximately 1,920 students attend the school each year. Of the 458 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Roanoke College in 2021, 41 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.

Roanoke Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Roanoke Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Roanoke 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 Roanoke 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	78
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	110
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
	347
	356
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools	394

Earnings of Roanoke Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Roanoke is $26,496. 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 Roanoke

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

Roanoke Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 41 phys ed students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Roanoke, about 59% were men and 41% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 Roanoke College.

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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.