Master's · Columbus, Ohio
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Ohio State University-Main Campus 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 17.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,346
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,732
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,020
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $844 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17.8 years (likely 6.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$189k (likely −$279k – −$78k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$128k (likely −$337k – $111k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Dentistry (Master's)$329,225
- Veterinary Medicine (Master's)$263,241
- Dentistry (First professional)$198,071
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$160,491
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$139,427
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (Master's)$138,085
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$137,783
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$134,031
- Veterinary Medicine (First professional)$132,986
- Physics (Doctoral)$132,984
- Optometry (First professional)$132,661
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$126,887
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Ohio
- Ohio University-Main Campus$68,913
- Miami University-Oxford$61,507
- Xavier University$61,121
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$59,231
- Cleveland State University$57,641
- University of Toledo$56,606
- Kent State University at Kent$53,799
- University of Akron Main Campus$52,607
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus$41,116