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2023 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Miami University - Oxford the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

About 71% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#2

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Marquette University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in phys ed at Marquette, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health and physical education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

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#6

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

Tiffin University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Tiffin, Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health and physical education programs. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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Baldwin Wallace University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,199
Ohio 2,505
Illinois 2,000
Indiana 1,564
Wisconsin 943

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 11 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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