2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching in the Southeast Region

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Physical Education Teaching & Coaching is the 104th most popular major in the country with 7,516 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,094 physical education teaching & coaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 physical education teaching & coaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical education teaching & coaching. That schools that top this list have a program in physical education teaching & coaching in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree physical education teaching students.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching in the Southeast Region

1

Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school situated in Wesson, Mississippi. It awarded 42 associates’s physical education teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

2

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Coahoma Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Coahoma Community College is a small school located in Clarksdale, Mississippi that handed out 5 associates’s physical education teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Coahoma Community College

3

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Fulton, Mississippi, and it awarded 9 associates’s physical education teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Itawamba Community College

4

East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. EMCC is a small school located in Scooba, Mississippi that handed out 24 associates’s physical education teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full East Mississippi Community College Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Report

5

Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas
De Queen, Arkansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. UA Cossatot is located in De Queen, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s physical education teaching degrees to qualified students.

Full UA Cossatot Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Report

5

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Education Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 0 associates’s physical education teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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