Bachelor's · Troy, Alabama
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Troy 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $37,275
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $57,049
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,620
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $59k (likely $59k – $84k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.1 years (likely 4.0–6.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$23k (likely −$102k – $49k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $258k (likely $118k – $429k)
- 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
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
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Other majors at Troy University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$133,413
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$116,454
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$91,869
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$83,469
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,492
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$78,785
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$76,051
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$73,781
- Public Administration (Master's)$70,721
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$70,468
- International Relations and National Security Studies (Master's)$68,373
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$67,190
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Alabama
- Auburn University at Montgomery$51,429
- University of North Alabama$50,331
- University of Mobile$49,451
- University of Alabama in Huntsville$49,270
- Faulkner University$48,561
- Samford University$47,117
- Huntingdon College$46,746
- University of Montevallo$41,758
- University of West Alabama$41,440