Health & Physical Education at Southern Oregon University

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

Southern Oregon University is located in Ashland, Oregon and approximately 5,140 students attend the school each year. Of the 810 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Oregon University in 2021, 37 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.

Southern Oregon University Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Southern Oregon University Health & Physical Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at Southern Oregon University 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
Best Value Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	324

Earnings of Southern Oregon University Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern Oregon University is $28,131. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,522 for all phys ed students.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Southern Oregon University

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

Southern Oregon University Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 phys ed students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Southern Oregon University, about 43% were men and 57% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Southern Oregon University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Southern Oregon University 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 OR, the home state for Southern Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	4,750	$40,840
Coaches and Scouts	4,420	$41,490
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	390	$67,870
Athletic Trainers	210	$48,370
Exercise Physiologists	40	$56,880

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 Finetooth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.