2025 Best Health Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in health education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #226 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for health education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 340 bachelor's degrees in health education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health education students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Health Education Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health Education in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health education.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in School Health Education

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

318 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health education needs to check out Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond.More information about a bachelor’s in health education from Virginia Commonwealth University

2

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

22 Annual Graduates

George Mason University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in health education. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health education from George Mason University

Best Health Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Health Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	2
North Carolina	453	4
Georgia	453	0
Kentucky	331	43
Arkansas	294	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to School Health Education

Health Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to School Health Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	251
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	61
Art Education	22
English & Language Arts Education	21
Music Education	13
Social Studies Education	12
Mathematics Education	7
Chemistry Education	3
Technology Education	2
Biology Education	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.