Bachelor's · Albion, Michigan
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Albion College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 6.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $30,976
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,116
- 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
- $62k (likely $62k – $82k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.6 years (likely 4.6–10.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$85k (likely −$167k – $9k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $139k (likely −$37k – $332k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 57%
- 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 Albion College
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- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$54,300
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$53,210
- History (Bachelor's)$37,046
- Research and Experimental Psychology (Bachelor's)$31,064
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Michigan
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$79,411
- Michigan State University$67,290
- Alma College$63,641
- Central Michigan University$57,771
- Cornerstone University$56,231
- Concordia University Ann Arbor$55,624
- Davenport University$54,729
- Calvin University$53,949
- Hope College$53,340
- Grand Valley State University$53,175