Bachelor's · Valdosta, Georgia
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Valdosta State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,976
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $46k (likely $46k – $62k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.7 years (likely 1.8–4.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $54k (likely −$43k – $163k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $368k (likely $161k – $592k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 45%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
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Other majors at Valdosta State University
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- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$71,257
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- Emory University$87,254
- University of Georgia$67,275
- Kennesaw State University$55,897
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- University of North Georgia$53,294
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- Clayton State University$53,042
- Columbus State University$49,912