Health & Physical Education at Tougaloo College

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

Tougaloo is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi and approximately 775 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from Tougaloo.

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.

Tougaloo Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Tougaloo Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Tougaloo 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 Tougaloo 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
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	79
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	614
Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools	776

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Tougaloo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at Tougaloo College.

Tougaloo Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Tougaloo. About 53% were men and 47% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% 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 Tougaloo College with a bachelor's in phys ed.

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

Tougaloo 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 MS, the home state for Tougaloo College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Coaches and Scouts	1,370	$51,120
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,250	$32,090
Athletic Trainers	220	$49,650
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	150	$62,070
Exercise Physiologists	40	$41,570

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 MS Dept of Archives and History under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.