Bachelor's · Hartsville, South Carolina
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Coker University 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 11.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,725
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,020
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,749
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $106k (likely $106k – $123k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.8 years (likely 7.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$175k (likely −$253k – −$89k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$20k (likely −$170k – $179k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 36%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Biology
- AP Psychology
- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Sports, Exercise and Health Science HL
- Biology HL
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Other majors at Coker University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$70,396
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$60,372
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$55,320
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$54,852
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$52,180
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$47,785
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$46,921
- Criminology (Bachelor's)$41,738
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$67,705
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina$66,934
- Bob Jones University$50,422
- Anderson University$50,409
- Coastal Carolina University$50,228
- Winthrop University$49,080
- Charleston Southern University$47,715
- North Greenville University$46,748
- University of South Carolina Aiken$43,178
- Lander University$43,098