Health & Physical Education at St. Mary’s University

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

St. Mary's is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 3,458. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in phys ed from St. Mary's.

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.

St. Mary’s Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

St. Mary’s Health & Physical Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at St. Mary's 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 Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	325
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	655

Earnings of St. Mary's Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Mary's is $25,373. 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 St. Mary's

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

St. Mary’s Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in phys ed from St. Mary's in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 St. Mary's University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

St. Mary's 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 TX, the home state for St. Mary's 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ngood under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.