<p>I know there are some great Sports Management programs in the midwest and the East
Ohio, Michigan, Umass, NYU, Indiana etc</p>
<p>But what about in the West?</p>
<p>I know texas-austin has a solid program but any others?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>University of Oregon is supposed to be the best.</p>
<p>I would think large UCs (Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis is huge in any kind of bio area) would be good.</p>
<p>I think San Diego State has a program.</p>
<p>University of Oregon is a top Sports Marketing program, not Management.</p>
<p>University of Washington
Washington State
Rice University (you included UT-Austin, Rice is close)
San Diego State</p>
<p>If you want a top program, you'll be in the Midwest or East</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>anymore</p>
<p>and if you had to rank the top ten in the country what would it be?</p>
<p>My list:</p>
<p>Ohio University
Indiana University
UMass (these top three are all so close it's hard to make a choice)
Springfield College (Massachusetts)
Flagler College (Florida--very small school but great program)
Ithaca College (New York)
University of Michigan
UT-Austin
West Virginia University
University of Memphis</p>
<p>I wouldn't put IU in the group with OU and UMass.</p>
<p>I'm shocked that Bowling Green was left off the top 10, I always thought they had one of the best in the country. </p>
<p>There's no real ranking for SM, but there's a little tidbit where someone says 3 of the top programs are OU, UMass, and BGSU, there's also a tidbit in ESPN that says Oregon is perhaps the nation's top Sport Management program, and i've heard from a ton of people about how great UMass' program is, including the instructor of the SM program here at IU, who said that UMass was widely considered the best in the country.</p>
<p>There is a list of colleges on SportsBusinessJournal's website that give info about each program - how many students, what majors, how many professors, etc. Here's the link, it's split up by region. I would warn you not to use this as your only resource, as there is incorrect information and skewed data (ex; for students in a program, they list multiple majors in schools, not just SM students).</p>
<p>(Note - this link is unavailable at the moment)</p>
<p>The top 10 overall in terms of student enrollment are the following:</p>
<p>1 Iowa State 800
2 Montclair State 580
3 Bowling Green State 451
4 Ohio 450
5 Webber International 433
6 Massachusetts 400
7 Texas A&M 385
8 Liberty 378
9 Southern Mississippi 340
10 Shepherd 325</p>
<p>However, this data is not entirely correct. For example, Iowa State doesn't even have a SM program, the students listed are of the following major: B.S. in health and human performance with options in sport management, fitness/health management, athletic training, physical education licensure, exercise and sport science, community and public health. Meaning each of those majors are listed. </p>
<p>Montclair State lists the students in their PE program, they don't have an SM program either. Webber International lists students who are Accounting, Management or Sport Management majors. Shepard does it in a similar fashion, their majors are too long to list here.</p>
<p>If I had to give recommendations for the top SM programs on the west coast, it would include Oregon and Washington State. There are practically no SM programs on the west coast.</p>
<p>It should be noted that Iowa State is PHASING OUT the program. I am a freshman (soph by credits) here at ISU and it's either the class above me or two above me that will be the last eligible to graduate with a Sports Management degree. I'm bummed about it :( And that the 800 students does in fact include all those majors listed by A2Wolves. I was an Athletic Training major but switched out, hoping to switch to Sport Management, only to be told it's no longer available to me.</p>
<p>I totally forgot about BGSU--should definitely be up there with UMass and Ohio.</p>