2025 Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you pursue a associate degree in health & physical education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #25 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 616 associate degrees in health & physical education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health & physical education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health & physical education students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt health & physical education students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health & physical education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health & physical education students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health & Physical Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Health & Physical Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in health & physical education.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Phys Ed

1

Union County College
Cranford, NJ

21 Annual Graduates

Union County College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in health & physical education. Union County College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Cranford.More information about a associate in health & physical education from Union County College

2

Monroe College
Bronx, NY

74 Annual Graduates

$11,749 Median Starting Salary

$10,093 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in health & physical education has to take a look at Monroe College. Monroe College is a medium-sized private for-profit college located in the large city of Bronx.

After graduating, phys ed associate recipients generally make about $11,749 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a associate in health & physical education from Monroe College

Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best health & physical education colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	196	362
Pennsylvania	179	66
New Jersey	137	114
Maryland	126	32
Delaware	60	6

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Health & Physical Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies area of study, Health & Physical Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Phys Ed Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	237
Sports Management	200
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	148
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	20
Sports Studies	11

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	60
Recreation Administration	20
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	7
Outdoor Education	6

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.