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Best Colleges for Health and Physical Education/Fitness 2026

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Health and Physical Education/Fitness graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Health and Physical Education/Fitness Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	$72,554	$66,742	50%	3,629
2	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$70,754	$64,460	61%	7,106
3	University of Delaware Newark, DE	$69,499	$39,720	65%	18,812
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$68,944	$58,072	18%	33,488
5	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	$68,083	$64,758	22%	5,471
6	Simmons University Boston, MA	$67,028	$45,538	66%	1,750
7	University of New England Biddeford, ME	$66,824	$42,550	89%	2,189
8	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI	$62,261	$16,497	73%	2,951
9	Rice University Houston, TX	$62,105	$58,128	8%	4,562
10	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC	$62,053	$37,370	98%	2,624
11	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$61,801	$31,767	40%	26,389
12	Carroll University Waukesha, WI	$60,982	$37,230	58%	2,525
13	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$60,121	$34,501	44%	34,623
14	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$59,290	$36,001	65%	36,357
15	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$59,233	$63,061	42%	15,245
16	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	$59,208	$39,293	58%	23,694
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	$58,500	$40,603	43%	35,665
18	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$58,423	$51,370	79%	5,924
19	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	$58,417	$40,328	63%	59,099
20	Illinois State University Normal, IL	$58,378	$28,086	89%	18,414