2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in health and physical education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #68 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the most popular for health and physical education students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 27 doctor's degrees in health and physical education to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Health & Physical Education School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in phys ed matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Far Western US Region ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for health and physical education, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Health & Physical Education Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for health and physical education.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health & Physical Education in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health and physical education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Phys Ed Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Western States
Portland, OR

20 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In OR

#1 Best Quality In OR

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Western States if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in health and physical education. Western States Chiropractic College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Portland. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in health and physical education in Oregon.

There were about 20 health and physical education individuals who graduated with this degree at Western States Chiropractic College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in health and physical education from University of Western States

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In OR

#2 Best Quality In OR

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in health and physical education has to look into Oregon State University. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Corvallis. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in health and physical education in Oregon.

There were roughly 5 health and physical education students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in health and physical education from Oregon State University

3

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NV

#1 Best Quality In NV

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in health and physical education needs to check out University of Nevada - Las Vegas. UNLV is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in health and physical education in Nevada.

There were about 2 health and physical education students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in health and physical education from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

4

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

#1 Most Popular In WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health and physical education. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population. More information about a doctorate in health and physical education from Washington State University

 

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the most popular health and physical education colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	115	0
Oregon	102	16
Nevada	58	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Phys Ed

Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.

Phys Ed Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Sports Studies	20
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	5
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	2

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.