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

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Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate School for You

With 988 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health and physical education is the #14 most popular major in Kentucky.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kentucky 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our 2023 rankings named Western Kentucky University the most popular school in Kentucky for health and physical education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 39% of the students majoring in phys ed at the school are women while 61% are male.

Full Health & Physical Education at Western Kentucky University Report

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 25% of the phys ed majors at the school.

Full Health & Physical Education at University of Kentucky Report

#3

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and physical education schools in Kentucky. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.

Full Health & Physical Education at Northern Kentucky University Report

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health & Physical Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,805
Virginia 1,593
North Carolina 2,940
Florida 1,949
Tennessee 2,405
South Carolina 1,141
Louisiana 678
Arkansas 854
Alabama 858
Mississippi 1,050
West Virginia 1,170

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 3 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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