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Most Popular Schools for General Health and Physical Education/Fitness Major & Degree Program

A general program that focuses on activities and principles that promote physical fitness, achieve and maintain athletic prowess, and accomplish related research and service goals. Includes instruction in human movement studies, motivation studies, rules and practice of specific sports, exercise and fitness principles and techniques, basic athletic injury prevention and treatment, and organizing and leading fitness and sports programs.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 California State University-Northridge 515 5% $22,969
2 California State University-Fullerton 503 5% $27,738
3 Mt San Antonio College 436 11% $3,267
4 California State University-Long Beach 432 4% $24,738
5 San Diego State University 394 4% $29,318
6 California State University-Sacramento 309 4% $26,454
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 306 4% $23,811
8 California State University-Fresno 291 5% $21,418
9 Ohio University-Main Campus 269 3% $28,986
10 San Jose State University 228 2% $29,193
11 San Francisco State University 222 3% $27,480
12 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 222 5% $27,074
13 California State University-San Marcos 211 6% $25,325
14 Austin Peay State University 205 9% $24,946
15 California State University-San Bernardino 203 4% $23,878
16 University of Arkansas 191 3% $25,500
17 California State University-Monterey Bay 190 9% $23,564
18 University of Massachusetts-Boston 189 5% $36,647
19 Brigham Young University-Provo 186 2% $18,776
20 California State University-East Bay 185 4% $25,143
21 California State University-Los Angeles 165 3% $26,139
22 The University of West Florida 165 4% $19,014
23 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 160 5% $28,595
24 Humboldt State University 159 7% $24,811
25 University of Louisville 158 3% $27,980
26 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 158 2% $23,694
27 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 155 2% $28,891
28 West Virginia University 147 2% $23,294
29 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 147 3% $28,302
30 Tennessee Technological University 132 5% $26,131
31 California State University-Dominguez Hills 131 3% $23,722
32 James Madison University 123 2% $27,356
33 East Tennessee State University 116 4% $24,068
34 College of William and Mary 116 5% $39,221
35 Riverside City College 116 3% $3,338
36 The University of Tennessee-Martin 113 9% $21,246
37 Sonoma State University 107 4% $26,626
38 California State University-Stanislaus 106 4% $21,886
39 Metropolitan State University of Denver 101 3% $9,066
40 Utah Valley University 99 2% $6,450
41 SUNY College at Oswego 92 5% $24,780
42 University of Northern Iowa 91 3% $20,934
43 California State University-Chico 90 2% $24,624
44 Minnesota State University-Mankato 90 3% $20,482
45 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 89 4% $25,147
46 University of North Carolina at Pembroke 88 8% $17,088
47 American Public University System 86 1% $6,880
48 California State University-Bakersfield 82 4% $26,009
49 University of the Pacific 81 7% $66,971
50 South Texas College 79 1% $4,980
51 Westfield State University 76 5% $25,120
52 Antelope Valley College 76 3% $2,099
53 Oregon State University 73 1% $26,892
54 Northern Illinois University 72 1% $29,117
55 Baylor University 69 2% $62,527
56 Illinois State University 68 1% $29,758
57 El Paso Community College 68 2% $4,089
58 Cabrillo College 68 4% $3,016
59 Prairie View A & M University 67 4% $24,847
60 Emory University 66 2% $69,502
61 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 62 2% $25,637
62 Diablo Valley College 61 2% $3,230
63 Tennessee State University 60 4% $22,998
64 University of Arkansas at Monticello 58 5% $18,812
65 Portland Community College 56 1% $6,029
66 Northwestern State University of Louisiana 55 3% $22,672
67 Eastern Oregon University 54 7% $22,664
68 Missouri Western State University 50 6% $20,575
69 National Personal Training Institute of Colorado 50 100% N/A
70 East Central University 49 5% $18,292
71 The University of Tampa 49 2% $45,450
72 Howard University 48 3% $44,651
73 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 46 2% $19,069
74 Citrus College 45 1% $2,981
75 North Carolina Central University 44 3% $24,419
76 Glendale Community College 43 1% $3,494
77 Concordia University-Irvine 43 3% $51,930
78 Norco College 43 2% $3,338
79 Odessa College 41 3% $11,175
80 National Personal Training Institute of Columbus 41 100% N/A
81 Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana 40 6% N/A
82 Ohio State University-Main Campus 37 0% $27,367
83 Weber State University 37 1% $20,511
84 Southern Oregon University 37 3% $27,510
85 St Catherine University 36 2% $52,164
86 Bridgewater College 36 9% $51,310
87 Palo Alto College 36 2% $4,311
88 Cameron University 35 4% $16,162
89 Southeast Missouri State University 34 2% $21,570
90 College of San Mateo 34 2% $3,135
91 Northwest Vista College 34 1% $4,311
92 Bryan University 34 30% $16,971
93 Lock Haven University 33 3% $26,893
94 Washburn University 33 2% $22,056
95 Calvin College 32 3% $48,900
96 Anne Arundel Community College 31 1% $5,932
97 McDaniel College 31 4% $57,610
98 Holmes Community College 31 2% $11,260
99 Del Mar College 29 1% $3,989
100 San Diego Miramar College 28 1% $2,998

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.