Which Pennsylvania kinesiology and exercise science program has the lowest debt?

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania reports the lowest median federal debt, $26,000, with first-year pay of $30,616.

How much do kinesiology and exercise science graduates earn in Pennsylvania?

The median across 21 Pennsylvania kinesiology and exercise science bachelor's programs is $31,518 in the first year after graduating and $52,701 five years after.

How many kinesiology and exercise science bachelor's programs are in Pennsylvania?

21 Pennsylvania programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 20 of them also report federal debt.

Kinesiology and Exercise Science (Bachelor's) Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

21 programs report first-year pay
20 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Pennsylvania kinesiology and exercise science bachelor's program pays its graduates $31,518 in their first year, $1,033 more than the national median. Alvernia University reports the highest first-year pay ($41,508), and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania the lowest median debt ($26,000).

Median first-year pay$31,518National $30,486

Median pay after 5 years$52,701National $52,393

Median federal debt$27,000National $25,954

Debt-to-earnings86%National 80%

All 21 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Alvernia UniversityReading · private nonprofit	$41,508	Not reported	$27,000	65%
2	Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville · private nonprofit	$39,243	Not reported	$27,000	69%
3	Misericordia UniversityDallas · private nonprofit	$35,836	$41,874	$27,000	75%
4	York College of PennsylvaniaYork · private nonprofit	$35,739	$57,821	$27,000	76%
5	Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg · public	$35,613	$50,329	$26,167	73%
6	Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock · public	$35,411	$47,933	$27,000	76%
7	Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township · private nonprofit	$34,433	$52,226	$27,000	78%
8	Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg · private nonprofit	$32,975	$45,530	$27,000	82%
9	Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia · public	$32,632	$45,496	$32,252	99%
10	East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg · public	$31,622	$52,701	$26,303	83%
11	Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$31,518	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
12	Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana · public	$31,311	$49,020	$27,000	86%
13	Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg · public	$30,616	$55,207	$26,000	85%
14	Penn StateUniversity Park · public	$30,133	$59,703	$27,000	90%
15	Temple UniversityPhiladelphia · public	$29,322	$63,192	$26,000	89%
16	Neumann UniversityAston · private nonprofit	$28,982	$45,759	$27,000	93%
17	Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$27,376	$74,145	$27,672	101%
18	DeSales UniversityCenter Valley · private nonprofit	$26,729	$67,421	$27,000	101%
19	Immaculata UniversityImmaculata · private nonprofit	$26,236	$61,610	$27,000	103%
20	University of PittsburghPittsburgh · public	$24,916	Not reported	$27,000	108%
21	Keystone CollegeLa Plume · private nonprofit	$21,026	$40,406	$26,981	128%

Holy Family University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. 3 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania kinesiology and exercise science program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 20 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Alvernia University$41,508
Lebanon Valley College$39,243
Misericordia University$35,836
York College of Pennsylvania$35,739
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$35,613

Lowest median debt

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania$26,000
Temple University$26,000
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$26,167
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$26,303
Keystone College$26,981

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to kinesiology and exercise science, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

$45,250

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 11,580 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 68,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $27,780Top 10%: $67,450

Coaches and Scouts

$48,730

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 8,170 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 36,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $21,170Top 10%: $119,060

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling

$68,990

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 1,220 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 5,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $47,730Top 10%: $109,400

Athletic Trainers

$61,060

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 1,870 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.

Bottom 10%: $46,960Top 10%: $77,920

Common questions

Alvernia University in Reading reports the highest median first-year pay, $41,508. Its median federal debt is $27,000.

Kinesiology and Exercise Science (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked524 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the kinesiology and exercise science bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024