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Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at West Virginia University

Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at West Virginia University

If you are interested in studying sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General section at the bottom of this page.

WVU Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education

WVU Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Rankings

The physical education major at WVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General. 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.

Physical Education Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of physical education bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical education 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 physical education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 161
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Careers That Physical Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical education 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

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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