Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Georgia State University

If you are interested in studying physical education teaching and coaching, you may want to check out the program at Georgia State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. Of the 299 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in 2021, 148 of them were physical education teaching and coaching majors.

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.

Georgia State Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Physical Education Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgia State offers distance education options for physical education teaching at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Georgia State Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physical education teaching major at Georgia State 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 Physical Education & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools	35
	46
Best Value Physical Education & Coaching Schools	205
	239

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in physical education teaching from Georgia State. This makes it the #8 most popular school for physical education teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physical Education Teaching Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Bachelor’s Program

Of the 148 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in physical education teaching from Georgia State in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical physical education teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical education teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	71
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	28
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Georgia State Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Master’s Program

Of the 41 students who graduated with a master’s in physical education teaching from Georgia State in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

In the physical education teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgia State 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

• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Science Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Mathematics Education
• Social Studies 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 State 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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.