Earn a master's degree in sport management at Neumann University, with coursework on the legal aspects of sport, sport promotion and marketing, ethical issues in sport, sport management and cooperative education, athletic training and contemporary issues in school and college athletics. Neumann offers support to sport management majors through an academic resource center, career development office and free personal counseling.
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree (any major) and submit three letters of reference, Graduate Record Exam scores and a written essay. Neumann is a Catholic Franciscan Tradition college, but religious affiliation is not required for admission.
Neumann University
One Neumann Drive
Aston, PA 19014-1298
610-459-0905
neumann.edu
The Southern New Hampshire University master's degree in sport management may be completed within 18 months while attending full time. Classes are available at both the New Hampshire location and online. Classes include research methods in sport management, sport and society, sport marketing and media, internationalization of sport business and management of sport organizations.
Students must also complete electives in sport management or business, plus financial reporting and analysis---although this requirement may be waived if the student took these topics during his undergraduate studies. While on campus, students have the opportunity to participate in a number of clubs, such as the Sport Management Club, North American Society for Sport Management, National Association of Sports Officials and Sport Marketing Association.
Applicants must send an undergraduate transcript (with a bachelor's degree in any major) and a copy of a resume or employment history. An interview with the school is optional.
Southern New Hampshire University
2500 N. River Road
Manchester, NH 03106
800-668-1249
snhu.edu
Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Isenberg School of Management have two options to earn a master's degree in sport management: a one-year Master of Science in sport management or a two-year Master of Business Administration in sport management. The one-year Master of Science program was the first one in the country.
Classes include sport organizational behavior and development, sport marketing, sport and the law, sport finance and business, college athletics, labor relations in professional sports, sport management policy, applied sport marketing research and economics of sports. Students must also complete an internship with a sports organization, take two additional elective classes or research and complete a thesis project to qualify for graduation.
The University of Massachusetts requires an undergraduate minimum grade point average of 2.75 (though the school notes that the average accepted student has a minimum of 3.3 and several years of sports management or assisting experience), personal statement, two letters of reference and GMAT scores.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Isenberg School of Management
UMass Sport Management Department
121 Presidents Drive, ISOM 236
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-0441
umass.edu