2021 Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 68 colleges that offer a bachelor's in phys ed. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health & physical education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the health & physical education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Phys Ed Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Health & Physical Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the phys ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional health & physical education students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 15,737 students take at least one class online at U-M. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best health & physical education schools for non-traditional students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIUC has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 students are part time.
Indiana University - Bloomington earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. About 5,256 of the students at IU Bloomington are attending part time.
Concordia University, Chicago landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best health & physical education schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at Concordia University, Chicago is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 4,234 students at Concordia University, Chicago are exclusively online. There are roughly 4,622 part time students in attendance at Concordia University, Chicago.
Michigan State University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population. Michigan State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. 6,517 of Michigan State students are attending part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison. UW - Madison not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Health & Physical Education in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,683 part time students in attendance at UW - Madison.
Eastern Illinois University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.
About 2.4% of EIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,449 students take at least one class online at EIU. About 3,894 of the students at EIU are attending part time.
Marian University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Marian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Fond Du Lac.
The student loan default rate at Marian is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. 401 of Marian students are exclusively distance learners. 419 students are part time.
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 11,579 students at IUPUI that take at least one class online. 6,671 of IUPUI students are attending part time.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
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).
