Health & Physical Education at University of Arkansas at Monticello

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

UAM is located in Monticello, Arkansas and has a total student population of 2,645. Of the 353 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas at Monticello in 2021, 33 of them were health and physical education majors.

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.

UAM Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

UAM Health & Physical Education Rankings

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

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 UAM 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	364

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in phys ed from UAM. This makes it the #250 most popular school for phys ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at UAM

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

UAM Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 phys ed students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAM, about 70% were men and 30% were 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 University of Arkansas at Monticello with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAM Health & Physical Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Health & Physical Education from UAM in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a phys ed master's degree from UAM, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas at Monticello with a master's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAM 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Coaches and Scouts	1,410	$47,560
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,260	$38,820
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	120	$50,560
Athletic Trainers	110	$46,700

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.