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Bachelor's · New London, New Hampshire

Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Colby-Sawyer College 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 11.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$35,953
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$59,102
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
$110k (likely $110k – $111k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$14k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NH
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
11.3 years (likely 8.0–19.7)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$207k (likely −$284k – −$126k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$16k (likely −$182k – $177k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
56%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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Students heading toward sports, fitness & wellness majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

  • AP Biology
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
  • Biology HL

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