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Online Fitness Teacher Schools
(Study from home, on your own schedule.)
Campus Schools for Fitness Teachers
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
- AIU (Weston)
- Keiser University Campus
- Rasmussen College
- South University - Campus
- University of Phoenix
Georgia
- American InterContinental University (Buckhead)
- South University - Campus (Savannah)
- University of Phoenix
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Info by State for Fitness Teachers
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Fitness Teacher Schools, Salaries, and Job Data
Job Numbers and Growth
There are an estimated 235,000 fitness teachers nationally. Recent data shows the joblessness for workers is high compared to other jobs. An estimated 5% of employees were not able to find a job in 2008.
Area Job Conditions
The highest density of fitness teachers are found in Danbury (Connecticut), Great Falls (Montana), and Kankakee (Illinois). The lowest density occurs around El Paso (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Chattanooga (Tennessee).
Compensation for workers is highst in Barnstable (Massachusetts), New York (New York), and Trenton (New Jersey), and is the lowest in Odessa (Texas), Beaumont (Texas), and Elizabethtown (Kentucky).
Training and Education
Employers tend to prefer to hire employees that have a postsecondary vocational award. in 47% of cases, fitness teachers have four year degrees or better. Among workers 32% pursued some additional career education without completing a bachelor's degree. In 21% of cases, employees have only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Fitness teachers working part-time are about 38% of the total. About 8% of workers work on their own.
Fitness Teachers: An Introductory Video
Fitness Teachers Around the Country
In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of fitness teachers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for fitness teachers.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Our fitness teacher career and school information is provided by CTI Career Search.