Bachelor's · Athens, Tennessee
Is Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at Tennessee Wesleyan 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $27,930
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $39,869
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,834
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $63k (likely $63k – $72k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$225k (likely −$294k – −$148k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$171k (likely −$313k – −$8k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University
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- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$61,124
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness at other schools in Tennessee
- Southern Adventist University$59,895
- Lincoln Memorial University$58,231
- Maryville College$57,231
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$57,020
- Milligan University$55,866
- Tennessee Technological University$50,530
- University of Memphis$50,126
- The University of Tennessee-Martin$49,817
- Bethel University$48,730
- Middle Tennessee State University$48,608