The main focus area for this major is Exercise Science and Kinesiology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health & Physical Education is a major offered under the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program of study at Mississippi State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in phys ed, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Mississippi State was ranked #228 on College Factual's Best Schools for phys ed list. It is also ranked #1 in Mississippi.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Mississippi State paid an average of $998 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $371 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,800 | $23,840 |
Fees | $110 | $110 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,436 | $10,436 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,358 | $5,358 |
Learn more about Mississippi State tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Phys Ed students who received their bachelor’s degree at Mississippi State took out an average of $25,954 in student loans. That is 8% higher than the national average of $23,980.
The median early career salary of phys ed students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State is $25,967 per year. That is 7% lower than the national average of $27,962.
Online degrees for the Mississippi State phys ed bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mississippi State Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in phys ed in 2019-2020, 57.8% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 48.8%.
Around 27.0% of phys ed bachelor’s degree recipients at Mississippi State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 56 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 176 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Health & Physical Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 244 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.