Question: are s and p orbitals degenerate?
Answer: In hydrogen, all orbitals with the same principal quantum number 'n' (1,2,3...) are degenerate, regardless of the orbital angular momentum quantum number'l' (0,1...n-1 or s,p,d..). However, in atoms with more than one electron, orbitals with different values of l for a given value for n are not degenerate.