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Objective The COVID-19 pandemic, which affected almost all areas of life, has had serious effects on education as well. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the online education process on physical activity, perseverance, and coronaphobia among undergraduate physiotherapy students during COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Method A total of 185 undergraduate physiotherapy students were included in the study. Physical activity level was assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), perseverance with the Short Perseverance Scale (Grit-S), and coronaphobia with the COVID-19 Fear Scale. In addition, the perceived changes in physical activity and perseverance levels during the pandemic were evaluated. The academic performance was determined with the grade point average (GPA). Results It was determined that most of the students perceived a decrease in their physical activity (82.7%) and perseverance (69.2%) levels. There was a moderate positive correlation between GPA and COVID-19 Fear Scale score (rho:0.407, p<0.001) and a negative low correlation between GPA and Grit-S score (rho:- 0.318, p<0.001). Conclusion Physiotherapy students who received online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic could perceive a decrease in their physical activity and perseverance levels. This study has revealed interesting results that higher academic performance may be related to higher coronaphobia and lower perseverance levels. We think that this result may be attributed to the inadequate quality of online assessment methods, lack of information technologies and the uncontrollability of online examinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]