Bachelor's degree · Parks, recreation and fitness · CIP 31.05
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 927 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, together awarding 48,298 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $37,203 one year after finishing and $56,853 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $24,366 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 529 of 904; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 613 | $32,809 | $60,484 | $11,480 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 549 | $42,201 | $69,519 | $18,500 |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 503 | $41,856 | $67,413 | $23,149 |
| American Public University System Charles Town · Private for-profit | WV | 492 | $54,504 | $64,765 | $14,028 |
| University of Memphis Memphis · Public | TN | 430 | $35,598 | $52,386 | $26,000 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 418 | $37,028 | n/a | $18,510 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 414 | $38,543 | $61,279 | $23,250 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 410 | $44,470 | $69,399 | $18,864 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 406 | $32,896 | $69,820 | $13,000 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 398 | $36,740 | $60,573 | $19,500 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 382 | $38,759 | $70,559 | $13,485 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 371 | $34,097 | $58,107 | $20,000 |
| University of Houston Houston · Public | TX | 368 | $34,297 | $60,516 | $20,255 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 340 | $34,031 | $57,326 | $11,250 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 319 | $41,149 | $65,850 | $21,125 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 318 | $47,967 | $79,914 | $21,516 |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg · Public | VA | 317 | $45,848 | $67,591 | $19,500 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 306 | $33,467 | $58,546 | $12,949 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 301 | $34,272 | $75,071 | $20,500 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 298 | $35,881 | $73,466 | $20,499 |
| Tarleton State University Stephenville · Public | TX | 297 | $40,206 | $55,082 | $18,750 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 296 | $35,672 | $68,654 | $14,298 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 287 | $36,737 | $63,365 | $23,263 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 285 | $36,057 | $62,400 | $18,281 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 281 | $44,676 | $76,030 | $17,250 |
| State University of New York at Cortland Cortland · Public | NY | 279 | $33,486 | $61,167 | $23,250 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 261 | n/a | $82,596 | $13,250 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 260 | n/a | n/a | $22,500 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · Public | TX | 260 | $29,111 | $56,518 | $13,976 |
| Grand Canyon University Phoenix · Private nonprofit | AZ | 259 | $39,085 | $59,671 | $26,000 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino · Public | CA | 258 | $35,033 | $61,702 | $12,239 |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford · Public | OH | 256 | $46,719 | $74,069 | $22,000 |
| Towson University Towson · Public | MD | 255 | $40,190 | $67,327 | $20,605 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas · Public | NV | 252 | $35,288 | $61,617 | $17,408 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 250 | $29,873 | $64,441 | $12,500 |
| Coastal Carolina University Conway · Public | SC | 248 | $32,971 | $52,653 | $25,000 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia · Public | SC | 248 | $51,485 | $74,732 | $21,500 |
| Georgia Southern University Statesboro · Public | GA | 243 | $34,642 | $61,245 | $24,250 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 243 | $34,166 | $58,439 | $23,250 |
| Grand Valley State University Allendale · Public | MI | 235 | $38,172 | $61,747 | $25,000 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 235 | $40,853 | $65,039 | $25,250 |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 232 | $31,396 | $57,899 | $12,602 |
| University of Kansas Lawrence · Public | KS | 223 | $39,819 | $64,352 | $21,313 |
| Liberty University Lynchburg · Private nonprofit | VA | 222 | $35,333 | $54,547 | $25,266 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 221 | $38,359 | $73,303 | $27,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 217 | $38,494 | $80,188 | $19,500 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 206 | $39,329 | $61,142 | $22,724 |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse · Public | WI | 203 | $40,495 | $65,276 | $21,500 |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 202 | $37,616 | $59,237 | $20,375 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 199 | $38,812 | $64,911 | $19,500 |
Quick facts: Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness?
- The College Scorecard lists 927 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
- How much do Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $37,203 one year after graduation (507 institutions reporting) and $56,853 five years after graduation (600 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Emory University ($94,407), University of Delaware ($83,679), Southern Methodist University ($83,115), San Jose State University ($82,596), and Saint Louis University ($82,115).
- How much student debt do Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness graduates have?
- The median institution's Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness graduates leave with $24,366 in federal student loans (636 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: California State University-Fullerton (613), Texas A&M University-College Station (549), University of Iowa (503), American Public University System (492), and University of Memphis (430).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (CIP code 31.05), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.