2025 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
228Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in outdoor health & physical education/fitness, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #392 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 228 degrees in outdoor health & physical education/fitness annually.
Choosing a Great Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness School
The outdoor health & physical education/fitness program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for outdoor health & physical education/fitness schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the outdoor health & physical education/fitness degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness
90Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Degrees Awarded
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in outdoor health & physical education/fitness. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 90 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
47Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in outdoor health & physical education/fitness needs to take a look at Concordia University, Chicago. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of River Forest. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Concordia University, Chicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Bowling Green State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in outdoor health & physical education/fitness. BGSU is a large public university located in the town of Bowling Green. A Best Colleges rank of #547 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means BGSU is a great university overall.
There were about 23 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Westerville, Otterbein is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 41st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 10 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at Otterbein in the most recent year we have data available.
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Related Rankings by Major
One of 5 majors within the Health & Physical Education area of study, Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness
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).
The outdoor health & physical education/fitness program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for outdoor health & physical education/fitness schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
