Bachelor's · Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Nova Southeastern 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $31,633
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,600
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $118k (likely $118k – $139k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.9 years (likely 5.9–11.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$91k (likely −$184k – $2k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $200k (likely $10k – $417k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 62%
- 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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AP classes
- AP Biology
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IB Higher Level
- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
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Other majors at Nova Southeastern University
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Master's)$221,571
- Dentistry (Doctoral)$156,942
- Computer Science (Master's)$142,461
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral)$131,167
- Medicine (Doctoral)$130,217
- Optometry (Doctoral)$130,197
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$129,749
- Medical Illustration and Informatics (Master's)$127,664
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (Bachelor's)$122,809
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Doctoral)$114,954
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$113,592
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate certificate)$109,487
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Florida
- Stetson University$61,974
- Florida State University$60,909
- University of Florida$60,497
- University of Florida-Online$60,497
- The University of Tampa$60,364
- Florida Gulf Coast University$58,179
- University of Miami$56,289
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University$56,187
- Jacksonville University$52,065
- University of North Florida$51,606