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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health & Physical Education program at each school on the list.

Check out the phys ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our analysis found National University to be the most popular school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at National University

#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Colleges 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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