Bachelor's · San Diego, California
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at San Diego State University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $35,334
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,355
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $13,781
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $56k (likely $56k – $72k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $24k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.6 years (likely 4.0–5.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$14k (likely −$72k – $30k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $287k (likely $169k – $409k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 78%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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🏃 Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward sports, fitness & wellness majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Biology
- AP Psychology
- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
- Biology HL
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Other majors at San Diego State University
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$158,013
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$120,682
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$116,842
- Psychology, General (Master's)$111,549
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$110,830
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$109,013
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$106,416
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$103,392
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$100,586
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in California
- Sonoma State University$67,351
- Saint Mary's College of California$66,265
- Pepperdine University$65,100
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$64,579
- National University$62,748
- California State University-San Marcos$61,252
- California Baptist University$60,816
- California Lutheran University$59,820
- Concordia University-Irvine$59,648
- California State University-Sacramento$59,142