2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, health and physical education students earned 1,377 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 5th in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for phys ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health & Physical Education
Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $11,404 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa State is ranked #2 for overall quality for phys ed in Iowa.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $12,065 per year.
Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.
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Explore all the Best Value Health & Physical Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 1,128 |
| Minnesota | 1,001 |
| Kansas | 663 |
| Nebraska | 351 |
| North Dakota | 266 |
| South Dakota | 311 |
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Health & Physical Education Related Majors for Phys Ed
Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.