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2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
505 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Arkansas, there were 768 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,357 and $21,562 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 505 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in health and physical education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health and physical education programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 175 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $16,381 for arkansas bachelor’s degree phys ed students with aid per year to attend UARK.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at UARK

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Phys Ed students with aid.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at A-State

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. UAM is a small school located in Monticello, Arkansas that handed out 30 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas bachelor’s degree phys ed students with aid list, UAM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $12,136 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Phys Ed students with aid per year to attend UAM.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at UAM

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Located in Conway, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 71 degrees to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $15,376 for arkansas bachelor’s degree phys ed students with aid.

Full UCA Health & Physical Education Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s phys ed degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also made our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $14,270 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Phys Ed students with aid.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

#6

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas

Harding University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harding is $19,375 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Phys Ed students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Harding University

#7

Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Ouachita Baptist University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s phys ed students in 2019-2020.

Ouachita Baptist also took the #5 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ouachita Baptist University is $19,815 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Phys Ed students with aid.

Read full report on Health & Physical Education at Ouachita Baptist

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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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