Health & Physical Education at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Every health and physical education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the phys ed program at University of Wisconsin - Platteville stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and approximately 7,547 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Platteville in 2021, 32 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.

UW - Platteville Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

UW - Platteville Health & Physical Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at UW - Platteville 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
	36
	40

Earnings of UW - Platteville Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Platteville is $35,028. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $28,522 for all phys ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students earned a bachelor's degree in phys ed from UW - Platteville. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at UW - Platteville 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 Wisconsin - Platteville with a bachelor's in phys ed.

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

UW - Platteville 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	5,710	$32,030
Coaches and Scouts	5,010	$31,930
Athletic Trainers	860	$49,370
Exercise Physiologists	260	$53,850
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	220	$56,880

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 James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.