Health & Physical Education at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you are interested in studying health & physical education, you may want to check out the program at Saint Mary's College of California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year.

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.

SMC Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

SMC Health & Physical Education Rankings

The phys ed major at SMC 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 SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SMC Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of phys ed master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from SMC, 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health & Physical Education

Health & Physical Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Mary's College of California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	28
Sports Management	19
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	9
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	1

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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	38,340	$51,580
Coaches and Scouts	25,750	$45,600
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	2,030	$114,220
Athletic Trainers	1,240	$58,060
Athletes and Sports Competitors	1,060	$125,160

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.