<p>I've decided that i'd like to major in Business Administration/Management or Sport Administration/Management - preferbably Sports, since that's my passion in life. It's hard finding good schools that offer that though. I've been researching it for a while, but i've had to go to each individual website, because it's a new major, and see if they offered it.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of a list of top Sports Management programs? I have a good idea of the schools that offer it, but not which program is good, and which isn't. The best I can do now is look at the schools that offer it and compare their overall academic profile.</p>
<p>I may be wrong, but check out Syracuse University. I don't know if they have sports management per se,but they do have kinesthesiology (sp) and exercise science among other related majors.</p>
<p>Check out website for NASSM.com--(North Amer. Society for Sport Management. To get list of colleges that are recognized by this organization you 1- "Click" to ENTER
2- Top right of screen- "click" on Academia
3. "Click" onto universities----Then a map of the world appears so---4. "click" onto the image of the USA and then a listing of the schools appear. Each school will link you to their sports management website. There are many other programs that are not apart of NASSM. The wierd thing with Sports Management is that it may be "hidden" in the Education Department-Or Parks and Recreation or Business Administration. So it definitely takes some hunting around. U. of Mass. has a pretty established program. Temple U has one which is part of their Travel and Tourism school. Good luck hunting. If I can help you out more, just ask.</p>
<p>I don't know how the school is regarded among those in the field, but Michigan's School of Kinesiology offer Sports Management. Students in that school seem to really love their Michigan experience. Big university resources, small school environment. And oh, the sports!</p>
<p>From what I understand you will be hard pressed to find a dedicated "Sports managment" program anywhere during undergrad. However, there are numerous graduate school opportunities. U-Mass Amherst that was mentioned above is one of the top programs in the country, and off the top of my head I know the University of San Francisco also offers one.</p>
<p>Thanks Papa Chicken for linking it up again. I will just repeat- that anyone who is remotely interested in Sports Management should check the NASSM.com website. There are many undergraduate programs in the field. The website will also link you to the correct Dept. that is responsible for the major. Sometimes Sports Management can be linked to kineseolgy and Exercise Science- so it may be listed under the Health Dept. of a college. That is why it may be difficult to find the Sports Management Major at a lot of schools. Just as a tease, I will say that there must be at least 40 schools listed on the NASSM site.</p>
<p>I looked everywhere for a for a forum that offered advice, but couldn't find anything. I get numerous messages within minutes!</p>
<p>Being from Ann Arbor, of course I know about Michigan's program! I'm speaking to the Assistant AD, whom i'm friends with, about the program. I was interested in knowing what else was out there. Rice is too high for me academically. Northwestern as well, unless I get lucky. Those seem to be the two big schools that offer it, as well as UMich.</p>
<p>I checked out the NASSM site. Some good schools there. NYU, Illinois, UNC, Florida, Maryland, Syracuse (someone mentioned, I like the school), Miami (FL), Georgia, Texas, Miami (OH), Minnesota, etc. Thanks a bunch for the link!</p>
<p>Nice... I was just speaking to someone about UPENN through a PM, and told him that it was a negative that PENN didn't offer Sport Management! Now the only two things holding me back are money and actually getting in! LOL!</p>
<p>I'll contact the office of admissions to see if they are planning on offering this as a major.... or something else ;-)</p>
<p>I encourage you to fill out the FAFSA and apply to Penn. You are interested in a specific area which Penn has available to you......and you need some confidence about your stats and your need for money. NOT all students at Penn are wealthy and paying full fare.</p>
<p>A2W....based upon their words on the students' page, I don't think they'll be offerring sports management as a discrete major, but I do think one may be able to focus in that area.</p>
<p>also, having gone thru an executive masters program at Penn in part w/ Wharton, I've had one or 2 of the profs mentioned in the sports initiative.......they are FANTASTIC. This would be the dream Sports Management program (assuming an undergrad could participate) if you asked me!</p>