Bachelor's · Marshall, Minnesota
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Southwest Minnesota State 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 7.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,474
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,598
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $70k (likely $70k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.2 years (likely 5.4–10.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$110k (likely −$187k – −$36k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $115k (likely −$42k – $291k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 48%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 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 Southwest Minnesota State University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$91,237
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$83,735
- Educational Administration and Supervision (First professional)$81,617
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$68,009
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$67,751
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$64,654
- Education, General (Master's)$60,873
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$59,824
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$58,574
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$55,559
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$47,249
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$47,219
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Minnesota
- Bethel University$68,202
- St Olaf College$66,314
- Winona State University$63,303
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$63,269
- St Catherine University$61,048
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$60,931
- Gustavus Adolphus College$57,870
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$57,506
- Bemidji State University$57,357
- Augsburg University$55,499