Health & Physical Education at West Virginia University

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 West Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,540 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 225 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.

WVU Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

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

WVU Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at WVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 WVU 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
	300

Earnings of WVU Phys Ed Graduates

The median salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $27,882. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,522 for all phys ed students.

Phys Ed Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 225 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Physical Education from WVU in 2020-2021, 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in phys ed at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	181
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

WVU also has a doctoral program available in phys ed. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Recreation Administration

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 West Virginia University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.