Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Georgia Southern University

If you plan to study physical education teaching and coaching, take a look at what Georgia Southern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 physical education teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physical Education Teaching & Coaching section at the bottom of this page.

GaSou Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education Teaching

GaSou Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physical education teaching progam at GaSou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physical education teaching major at GaSou is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Schools	99
	127
Best Physical Education & Coaching Schools	152
Most Focused Physical Education & Coaching Schools	339

Physical Education Teaching Student Demographics at GaSou

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical education teaching majors at Georgia Southern University.

GaSou Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 physical education teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 81% were men and 19% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical education teaching at GaSou are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in physical education teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GaSou also has a doctoral program available in physical education teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Art Education
• Music Education
• Reading Teacher Education

Careers That Physical Education Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical education teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Middle School Teachers	24,530	$58,190
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,030	$45,540
Coaches and Scouts	4,970	$45,510
Education Professors	1,530	$83,270

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.