by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,721 people earned their degree in health education, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 459 health education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 health education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree school health education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Union College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Barbourville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 17 masters’s school health education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #3 spot on the list. Harrisonburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school health education degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region. University of the Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #4 spot on the list. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 0 masters’s school health education degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cleveland, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 masters’s school health education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Health Education Major in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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