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Sports Business & MBA Programs

Sports businesses encompass several academic and corporate spheres, among them sports psychology, sports marketing, community relations, corporate finance and organizational management. Sports business professionals are employed in a variety of roles. Many are executives in professional or collegiate level sports organizations; agents to professional athletes or high-level athletic coaches or team managers. Numerous institutions of higher learning in the U.S. offer Master's of Business Administration degree programs with a concentration on sports business.

  1. Columbia University

    • Columbia University's Master of Science program in Sports Management is designed to prepare graduates for advanced roles through the professional sports industry with industry-specific coursework and an extensive internship program. Core curriculum is based on an examination of the social and culture history of sports in the United States, followed by sequences in sports finance, marketing, media and public relations. The program concludes with a design and implementation of a industry specific project within a sports organization during a semester long internship.

      Columbia University
      School of Continuing Education
      525 West 120th Street
      New York, NY 11597
      212-678-3000
      ce.columbia.edu

    University of Oregon

    • The University of Oregon's sports business MBA track has been recognized by Sports Illusrated as the nation's best sports business graduate program. Students who have successfully completed the program have gone on to positions in the National Football League, National Basketball Association and the sports video game developer EA Sports. Instruction takes place at the James H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center. The first year is comprised of foundational topics in sports business and core MBA electives. The program's second half consists of an industry-based internship and independent study project.

      University of Oregon
      Lundquist College of Business
      1208 University of Oregon
      Eugene, OR 97403
      541-346-3306
      lcb.uoregon.edu

    University of Massachusetts

    • The University Of Massachusetts Isenberg School Of Management offers a two year MBA Sport Management program. Rooted in instruction of technological literacy and pragmatic business skills, the program combines group projects, lectures and presentations with a low student to teacher ratio to provide students an optimum learning experience. Related coursework includes sports organizational development, applied sports marketing research, college athletics, historical foundations of modern sport and sports finance.

      University of Massachusetts
      Isenberg School of Management
      121 Presidents Drive
      University of Massachusetts
      Amherst, MA 01003
      413-545-5608
      isenberg.umass.edu

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