Bachelor's · Stillwater, Oklahoma
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 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 11.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,986
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $72k (likely $72k – $93k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $8k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.3 years (likely 6.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$156k (likely −$227k – −$91k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$69k (likely −$192k – $72k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Biology
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- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
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Other majors at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
- Veterinary Medicine (First professional)$132,788
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Master's)$116,993
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$111,874
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,856
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$101,279
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$100,473
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$99,657
- Fire Protection (Bachelor's)$99,557
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$99,019
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$98,557
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$96,447
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$94,692
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$71,589
- University of Tulsa$63,485
- Cameron University$52,807
- Rogers State University$50,096
- University of Central Oklahoma$49,630
- East Central University$46,698
- Oral Roberts University$46,214
- Southwestern Christian University$46,137
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University$45,982
- Oklahoma City University$45,199