Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois offers a sports communication program that empowers communication professionals for rewarding careers in the sports industry. The program includes courses in sports journalism, promotion and publicity, production and performance, sports ethics, and sports media relations. It has professional partners that include celebrity journalists, analysts, and network and cable sports broadcasters. Average tuition for full-time students taking 12 to 16 credit hours is $33,374 a year.
Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) in Council Bluffs, Iowa offers a major academic two-year degree program in sports media technology. The campus has a cable television station (CBTV17) and radio station (89.7) that allow students to get hands-on training from working with professional staffs, gaining experience in areas including sports announcing, video and audio, and sports writing. This program offers day and evening classes in which students get plenty of personalized attention, since the average class size is 12.
Founded in 1892, Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York has a department in sports management and media that offers four major academic degrees, B.S. in sports management, M.S. in sports management, B.S. in sports media and B.A. in sports studies. The department's programs prepare students for an array of careers in the sports media industry. The average annual tuition is $33,630. Financial aid is available through scholarships and grants, work study, and loans.
The College of Sports Media in Ontario is Canada's only private career college that offers a two-year diploma with a guaranteed internship program. Internship agreement companies include CBS Sports, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sun TV and The Fight Network. It's also the only university in Canada that boasts a television and radio facility. All instructors currently work in the sports media industry, and the program elements are radio, television, and news media.