2025 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
155Outdoor 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 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 155 degrees in outdoor health & physical education/fitness annually.
Choosing a Great Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness School
Your choice of outdoor health & physical education/fitness school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness
Canisius College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in outdoor health & physical education/fitness. Canisius is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Buffalo. This college ranks 71st out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 29 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at Canisius in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Howard University if you want to pursue a degree in outdoor health & physical education/fitness. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #721 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Howard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent data year.
Saint Peter's University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in outdoor health & physical education/fitness. Saint Peter's College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Jersey City. This university ranks 40th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 4 outdoor health & physical education/fitness students who graduated with this degree at Saint Peter's College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).