Bachelor's · Charlotte, North Carolina
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Queens University of Charlotte 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 19.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,458
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $44,364
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $125k (likely $125k – $153k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 19.1 years (likely 10.1–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$239k (likely −$319k – −$148k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$138k (likely −$283k – $55k)
- 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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IB Higher Level
- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
- Biology HL
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Other majors at Queens University of Charlotte
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$82,572
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- Public Health (Master's)$79,109
- Communication and Media Studies (Master's)$76,244
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- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$65,985
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$63,561
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in North Carolina
- Wake Forest University$79,599
- Elon University$68,178
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$63,286
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh$60,488
- Gardner-Webb University$58,061
- Appalachian State University$55,594
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$54,377
- Lenoir-Rhyne University$53,609
- Wingate University$52,822
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$51,275