Bachelor's · Syracuse, New York

Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Syracuse University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 7.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $52,028; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $73,275; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $23,250; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $184k (likely $184k – $206k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $35k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 7.7 years (likely 6.7–9.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$58k (likely −$129k – $2k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $377k (likely $211k – $526k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 81%; 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 / ≤ 10%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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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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Manhattan University$78,264
Pace University$67,866
Adelphi University$66,003
CUNY Queens College$62,602
Manhattanville University$61,395
St. John's University-New York$60,265
Mercy University$60,049
CUNY Lehman College$57,091
Canisius University$57,036
State University of New York at Cortland$56,466