Health & Physical Education at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 9,999 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 phys ed majors received their bachelor's degree from UAH.

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.

UAH Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

UAH Health & Physical Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks phys ed programs across the country. The following shows how UAH 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 UAH 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 Popular Health & Physical Education Schools	351
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	567

Earnings of UAH Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAH is $21,788. 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 UAH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the phys ed majors at University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 phys ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from UAH. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at UAH 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	33
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAH 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,800	$34,660
Coaches and Scouts	2,420	$44,030
Athletic Trainers	540	$41,690
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	260	$67,230
Exercise Physiologists	70	$44,900

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.