2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in New Jersey (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 64,869 people earned their degree in health and physical education, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 933 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,467 and $21,614 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 128 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health and physical education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Union County College

Cranford, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$8,245 Average Net Price

$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union County College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Union County College is located in Cranford, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 associates’s phys ed degrees to qualified students.

Union County College also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $8,245 for new jersey associate degree phys ed students with aid per year to attend Union County College.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at Union County College

#2

County College of Morris

Randolph, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$9,173 Average Net Price

$18,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend County College of Morris. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Randolph, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified associates’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

County College of Morris also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. It costs about $9,173 for new jersey associate degree phys ed students with aid per year to attend County College of Morris.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at County College of Morris

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education (With Aid)

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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