Bachelor's · Springfield, Massachusetts
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Springfield College worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 10.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,405
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,197
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $119k (likely $119k – $119k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $15k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.5 years (likely 8.2–14.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$182k (likely −$232k – −$125k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $17k (likely −$107k – $160k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- 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 / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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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 Springfield College
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- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other (Bachelor's)$89,140
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$86,056
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$84,390
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$76,417
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$71,807
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$70,046
- Education, General (Master's)$69,601
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$69,577
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor's)$69,355
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$69,170
- Social Work (Master's)$68,674
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Massachusetts
- Simmons University$76,569
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst$73,238
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$64,665
- Fitchburg State University$60,768
- Endicott College$57,691
- Westfield State University$55,828
- Western New England University$55,629
- Lasell University$55,292
- Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education$54,181
- Nichols College$53,531