2023 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,441 people earned their degree in other health and physical education/fitness, making the major the 392nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 489 other health and physical education/fitness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 273 other health and physical education/fitness graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in other health and physical education/fitness. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other health and physical education/fitness programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other health and physical education/fitness program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying outdoor health & physical education/fitness.
Top 9 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Campbell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 5,964 students enrolled at Campbell University, 45 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,969. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Campbell University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying outdoor health & physical education/fitness list, Methodist has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 498 of the 1,773 students enrolled at Methodist were GI Bill® students, of which 305 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,063. In addition to receiving other benefits, 128 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Methodist]](/colleges/methodist-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #3 spot on the list. AU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Danville, Virginia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
AU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Averett University supports 887 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,806. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Averett University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full AU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Carey University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
William Carey University also made our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8.Of the 5,472 students enrolled at William Carey University, 88 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 58 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,128. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full William Carey University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emmanuel College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s. Emmanuel College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Emmanuel College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 883 students enrolled at Emmanuel College were GI Bill® students, of which 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,777. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Emmanuel College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Emmanuel College Veteran Student Life Report
Coker University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s ranking. Coker University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hartsville, South Carolina. It awarded 2 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
Coker not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 53 of the 1,087 students enrolled at Coker University were GI Bill® students, of which 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,222. To help with additional expenses, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Coker Veteran Student Life Report
Randolph College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s ranking. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying outdoor health & physical education/fitness list, Randolph has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 28 of the 566 students enrolled at Randolph were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,416. To help with additional expenses, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #8, Valdosta State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s list. Valdosta State University is a fairly large school located in Valdosta, Georgia that handed out 19 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
VSU also took the #9 spot in our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 12,304 students enrolled at Valdosta State University, 589 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 232 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,915. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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Emory University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 bachelors’s other health and physical education/fitness degrees in 2020-2021.
Emory also made our “Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 13,997 students enrolled at Emory University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Emory University]](/colleges/emory-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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