2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health & Physical Education is the 11th most popular major in the country with 64,869 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health and physical education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,872 and had an average of $24,778 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 173 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,350 and $24,759 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health and physical education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health and physical education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 health and physical education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Vermont is a fairly large public school situated in Burlington, Vermont. It awarded 8 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Vermont are $33,326.

Full UVM Health & Physical Education Report

#2

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$12,222 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Castleton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Castleton is a small school located in Castleton, Vermont that handed out 16 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Castleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Castleton University are $12,222.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Castleton

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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