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Best Schools for Physical Fitness Technician in North Carolina
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall physical fitness technician education in North Carolina.
Top Schools in Physical Fitness Technician
East Carolina University tops our 2026 ranking of the best physical fitness technician schools. Located in the city of Greenville, East Carolina University is a very large public university. Roughly 63% of students complete a degree within six years here. East Carolina University awarded about 30 physical fitness technician degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their physical fitness technician degree from East Carolina University earn around $38,488 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $27,000.
See the full physical fitness technician program report for East Carolina University
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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