Health & Physical Education at Stephen F Austin State University

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

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and has a total student population of 12,620. In 2021, 164 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from SFASU.

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.

SFASU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

SFASU Health & Physical Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks phys ed programs across the country. The following shows how SFASU performed in these rankings.

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 SFASU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	152
	164

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from SFASU. This makes it the #195 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SFASU Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFASU is $30,772. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $28,522 for all phys ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

The phys ed program at SFASU awarded 164 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to 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 Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	81
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SFASU Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a master's degree in Health & Physical Education from SFASU in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from SFASU, 62% 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 Stephen F Austin State University with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Recreation Administration

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 Stephen F Austin State 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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.