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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
183 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,096 people earned their degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 777 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 183 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree physical education students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public institution located in Edwardsville, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 65 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are $9,300, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Ball State is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree physical education students with aid list, Ball State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204.

Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Ball State

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at Ohio State

#4

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s phys ed degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois State Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 22 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

Read more about Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General at OHIO Athens

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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