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Health & Physical Education at University of Charleston

Health & Physical Education at University of Charleston

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

UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and approximately 2,967 students attend the school each year.

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.

UC Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

UC Health & Physical Education Rankings

The phys ed major at UC 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.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at UC

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

UC Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of phys ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at UC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 20
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Health & Physical Education

The following phys ed concentations are available at University of Charleston. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Charleston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Sports Management 18
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 18

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 WV, the home state for University of Charleston.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Coaches and Scouts 870 $48,160
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 690 $33,730
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 230 $60,630
Athletic Trainers 190 $45,170
Exercise Physiologists 100 $40,440

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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