Master's · Memphis, Tennessee
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at University of Memphis 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 7.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $50,188
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,004
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,096
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.9 years (likely 5.1–14.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$89k (likely −$168k – −$2k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $91k (likely −$87k – $314k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of Memphis
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$115,610
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,843
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$110,977
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$97,572
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$96,546
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$95,794
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$94,722
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,207
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,702
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,516
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,515
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,279
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Tennessee
- Belmont University$65,709
- Austin Peay State University$65,250
- Middle Tennessee State University$62,418
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$57,810
- East Tennessee State University$54,693
- Tennessee Technological University$51,014
- Tusculum University$48,967
- Cumberland University$43,537