Colleges With Good Sports Management Programs

Bowling Green State University

• Bowling Green State University offers bachelor's and master's degrees in sport management through the Sport Management, Recreation, and Tourism Division of its School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies. Students can expect to take courses in the history, philosophy and sociology of sport, as well as in the promotion of sports and sporting events. Both the undergraduate and graduate sport management programs at Bowling Green are accredited by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation.

  Bowling Green State University
  1001 E Wooster St.
  Bowling Green, OH 43403
  419-372-6917
  bgsu.edu

Indiana State University

• Indiana State University has bachelor's and master's degree programs in sports management that are accredited by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation. Both programs focus on teaching students the skills they will need to lead, budget, plan, organize, evaluate and direct non-profit and for-profit sports organizations.

  Department of Recreation and Sport Management
  Indiana State University
  200 N. Seventh St.
  Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
  812-237-2186
  indstate.edu

Old Dominion University

• Through its Darden College of Education, Old Dominion University offers undergraduate and graduate sports management degree programs that are credited by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation, as well as a 15-credit hour minor. Both the bachelor's and master's degree programs at Old Dominion require the completion of a 400 hour internship in a sport-related setting. graduate students can write a thesis in lieu of an internship.

  Old Dominion University
  5115 Hampton Blvd.
  Norfolk, Virginia 23529
  757-683-3000
  odu.edu

Temple University

• Temple University offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in sport and recreation management that are accredited by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation, as well as a doctoral degree program, and minors through The Fox School of Business and Management. Students in the undergraduate degree program can apply the theoretical and practical knowledge they gain in class during a16-semester hour internship.

  School of Tourism & Hospitality Management
  Temple University
  1810 N. 13th St.
  Philadelphia, Pennslvania 19122
  215-204-7000
  temple.edu

University of Texas at Austin

• The University of Texas at Austin is one of the few universities that enjoys accreditation from the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation for its bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree programs in sports management. Graduates its sports management programs have gone on to work for major sports organizations and media outlets in the United States or abroad, as well as teaching at the college or university level.

  University of Texas at Austin
  Sport Management Program
  Kinesiology and Health Education
  Bellmont 222
  1 University Station-D3700
  Austin, Texas 78712
  512-471-1273
  utexas.edu