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2023 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

40 Colleges
$41,648 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree School for You

Health & Physical Education is the #11 most popular major in the country with 67,146 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 40 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the best school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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#3

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Out of the 40 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, West Texas A&M University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health and physical education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. TWU is a large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

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With a ranking of #8, Southern Nazarene University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health and physical education students working on their master’s degree. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bethany.

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#9

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

With a ranking of #9, Lamar University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health and physical education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school with a large student population.

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University of North Texas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best health and physical education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 7,194
Arizona 949
Oklahoma 1,053
New Mexico 141

One of 4 majors within the area of study, health and physical education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Phys Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Recreation Administration 3,122
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 3,106
Outdoor Education 265
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 174

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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