Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. Of the 198 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 15 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.

Purdue Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Degrees Available

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

Purdue Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physical education teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue performed in these rankings.

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 Purdue 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Physical Education & Coaching Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Physical Education & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Physical Education & Coaching Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Physical Education & Coaching Schools	22
	34
	55
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Schools	81
Best Value Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Physical Education & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools	98
Best Value Physical Education & Coaching Schools	140
Most Focused Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	336

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in physical education teaching from Purdue. This makes it the #58 most popular school for physical education teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in physical education teaching, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physical Education Teaching Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical education teaching majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education teaching from Purdue. About 13% were men and 87% 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 Purdue since its program graduates 44% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical education teaching at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in Physical Education Teaching & Coaching from Purdue in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a physical education teaching master's degree from Purdue, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in physical education teaching. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Art Education
• Social Studies Education
• Agricultural 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$52,690
Coaches and Scouts	6,530	$36,540
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	4,520	$32,990
Education Professors	1,540	$70,110

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.