Health & Physical Education at Tarleton State University

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

Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and has a total student population of 14,016. In 2021, 240 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Tarleton.

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.

Tarleton Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Tarleton

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Tarleton offers distance education options for phys ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Tarleton Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Tarleton 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 Tarleton 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	38
	49
Best Health & Physical Education Schools	78
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	132

In 2021, 49 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from Tarleton. This makes it the #40 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Phys Ed Graduates from Tarleton Make?

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Tarleton is $34,621. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 21% higher than the national average of $28,522 for all phys ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Tarleton

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

Tarleton Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 240 students earned a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Tarleton. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at Tarleton 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 Tarleton State University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	170
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Tarleton Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students earned a master's degree in phys ed from Tarleton. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from Tarleton, 65% 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 Tarleton State University with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Tarleton 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 Tarleton 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.