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2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,730 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,381 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 10,519 degrees and certificates were awarded to health and physical education students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for phys ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for phys ed majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health & Physical Education

Our analysis found Mt. San Antonio College to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a associate degree in California. Mt. SAC is a very large public school located in the suburb of Walnut.

Mt. SAC undergraduate students pay an average of $1,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, phys ed majors at Mt. SAC accumulate an average of around $9,232 in student debt.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Mt. San Antonio College

The excellent associate degree programs at International Sports Sciences Association helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and physical education schools in California. Located in the midsize suburb of Carpinteria, ISSA is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ISSA are $10,107 per year. On average, phys ed graduates from ISSA take out $19,753 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at International Sports Sciences Association

Best Value Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 572
Oregon 582
Nevada 268
Hawaii 171
Alaska 19

Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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