Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. Of the 144 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Connecticut in 2021, 21 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.

UCONN Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education Teaching

UCONN Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physical education teaching progam at UCONN 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 UCONN 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
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Schools	82
Best Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	298
	359
Best Value Physical Education & Coaching Schools	361

Physical Education Teaching Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 physical education teaching majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCONN. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% 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 UCONN since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical education teaching at UCONN 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in physical education teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCONN 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

• Science Education
• Earth Science Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Spanish 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Middle School Teachers	8,480	$76,130
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	4,690	$53,530
Coaches and Scouts	3,350	$41,820
Education Professors	660	$84,030

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.