2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health and physical education was ranked #11 in the country. In fact 67,146 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for phys ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health & Physical Education
Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and physical education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.
Miami University - Oxford graduate students pay an average of $32,332 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great value for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.
Request InformationBest Health & Physical Education Colleges by State
Explore the best health and physical education colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 2,199 |
| Ohio | 2,505 |
| Illinois | 2,000 |
| Indiana | 1,564 |
| Wisconsin | 943 |
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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.
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 4 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.