Bachelor's · New Haven, Connecticut
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Southern Connecticut State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,535
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $54,113
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,860
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $89k (likely $89k – $122k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.7 years (likely 7.7–17.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$186k (likely −$273k – −$110k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$11k (likely −$157k – $149k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
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- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
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Other majors at Southern Connecticut State University
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$96,254
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$87,346
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- Public Health (Master's)$70,335
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate certificate)$67,807
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Connecticut
- University of Connecticut$73,289
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$73,289
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$73,289
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$73,289
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$73,289
- Central Connecticut State University$67,562
- Post University$55,606
- Eastern Connecticut State University$51,648
- Mitchell College$45,446