<p>i would be an out of stater for UMass btw</p>
<p>UMass’ connections are probably better and more established than Syracuse’s, especially since SU’s program is new. I dont know what UMass’ specific job placement is like, but it’s probably similar to ours. A lot of sales and marketing jobs, ticket jobs, community relations, PR, minor leagues, college athletic departments, etc.</p>
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<p>Sacred Heart University has the John Welch Business School - B.S. with sport management major/minor; can also major in SM and minor in marketing, finance, international, global; good alumni connections place alot of students in valuable internships. Graduating with the business degree with experience and concentration in SM is a popular path; focusing on schools that have alumni connections/team connections/organizational connections is the key if you want a chance in the SM field. Sacred Heart is an excellent choice to achieve the aforementioned.</p>
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<p>Thanks. I appreciate it. We’re going to miss him big time.</p>
<p>I heard that Clemson University offered Sports Management as a major but when I went to Clemson.edu, all I found was Management… Does anyone know if Clemson does offer Sport Management?</p>
<p>Hi all, im really glad to have found this thread regarding sports management as im currently considering it as a major in the years to come. </p>
<p>currently im a junior college (equivalent to high school i believe) student from Singapore in my last year and would be looking to enter college 2 years later after serving national service. hence, im starting to look around for my options regarding college education.</p>
<p>at the moment im still largely undecided as to what major i would like to take but im definitely leaning towards SM. having been considering business related majors for quite a while, i was surprised to learn of this major in which i could, at the same time engage myself in one of my interests - sports. after reading through the thread, i would like to thank members such as A2 and Cards for providing endless information that i needed.</p>
<p>however, what i would like to know, is the trend of international students within the SM courses in the colleges mentioned in the thread such as UMASS and Ohio U. i understand that it may even be difficult for out of state students to make it into the colleges (such as University of Texas). moreover, with the limited intake of freshmen per year (<100 right?), i would just like to ask about the probability of an international student such as myself being accepted into perhaps one of the well-known SM colleges.</p>
<p>thank you in advance!</p>
<p>Can i get some opinions on Seton Hall University?</p>
<p>I am currently a junior here at the University of Michigan studying Sport Management and I love it. I will have to affirm what others have said: being in a large public college is fantastic, especially with this field. The biggest surprise from leaving Texas and studying up north for me in this school is how many opportunities there are! So many! I have built up experience during the summers and am currently a manager for our rising basketball program and love it. The big universities just give you so many options to learn and explore and get your hands dirty in many different fields. That has been one of the biggest rewards for going to a big school for me.</p>
<p>In terms of some of the things I have picked up over my work…if you want to get an undergrad and some graduate work within this field, this is what I have heard to be the best option. Get a undergrad in Sport Management. Then get an MBA. MBAs are golden. They tell people that you know your stuff and put at level ahead of everywhere else. Where you get an MBA is not nearly as important as obtaining one. I would say get a good SM where you can, MBA is golden wherever you get it. It also gives you the flexibility of doing a different market if sport doesn’t work for you as well as credibility for knowing how to apply your sport knowledge (MS) to the business world (MBA). I would say that is the best order because a graduate degree of SM is not nearly as prestigious as an MBA, and an undergrad in business is good, but doesn’t set you apart like an MBA. </p>
<p>Why do I stress a MS and then a MBA so much? Because if your goal is to be in the front office of a sport team and move up, it is almost a must. And I have seen time and time again at different front offices where the degree and a little experience was pushed above the years of experience. Of course, connections are huge, and many times you cant get your resume through without someone you know to do it for you, and of course the big universities, such as Michigan and Texas ect. help you in that. So over all, good luck in finding the right place for you. If you are looking to pay an arm and a leg like I do for out of state tuition and want to know more about the Michigan education, check it out here…[Sport</a> Management | U-M School of Kinesiology](<a href=“http://www.kines.umich.edu/academics/sm/index.html]Sport”>http://www.kines.umich.edu/academics/sm/index.html)</p>
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-Daniel</p>
<p>I’m an undergraduate from China and I will graduat next year.My major now is sport management and it is a new major in China.I’m considering a MBA program in sport management,which schools offer the better MBA program?</p>
<p>Hi All, </p>
<p>I graduated with a degree in English w/a writing concentration and am seriously considering going to grad school for a degree in Sports management or administration. My dilemma lies in whether or not to go to grad school online at a “name-brand” school such as Ohio U, Drexel, Illinois, and there are some others in play as well. OR do I go to a school with a lesser reputation locally such as CSU Long Beach or U of San Francisco, which has a satellite campus in Orange County. Each of the latter two schools have what seem to be good/great internship programs (CSU Long Beach requires you do 2 internships), but I am worried about the perception from those in the industry that these are somehow lesser schools or I got a lesser education. </p>
<p>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ve been admitted to South Carolina and Florida State and I am waiting to hear back from Georgia. I plan on majoring in sports management as in managing sports teams and not becoming a gym teacher. With that in mind, which of these 3 schools would be the best for me to attend. Thanks</p>
<p>Hey everyone just joined the site. I’m looking into colleges to go to and I have some interest in Sports Management. I live and Oregon and University of Oregon is very highly touted as a very good SM program. I’ve been doing some research and I’ve come across Drexel University. From what I have read it is also a very nice program with some good opportunities. I was wondering if anyone had attended or heard anything about the Drexel SM program and could give me any advice with it.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>mccoco13 hear that University of South Carolina is great for both sport and entertainment management. I am a sport management student in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University and one of my friends in the program transferred from South Carolina into our program in order to be closer to home. She said that she loved it their and that is was a tremendous program.</p>
<p>As for FSU and Georgia, I do really no about their credentials. </p>
<p>I ways here that the top Sport Management school for undergrad are (Not in any particular order)</p>
<p>Temple
Texas
UMASS (we own them in basketball by the way)
Ohio
South Carolina</p>
<p>This is to anyone out their that might be considering sport management as a major and potential career option:</p>
<p>I was a finance major before I made the switch into the sport management program at Temple Univ. I was very unaware of opportunities in the sport industry until I had took classes in my new major that opened my eyes to a whole new world, such as sport marketing, finance and budget in sport, legal aspects of sport, current issues in sport, etc. that have helped shaped my prospective and sharpened my skills in the sport management realm. While in school, I have completed 2 internships already ( one with campus recreation at my school and one with an arena football team) and I am currently in my 3rd right now with a sport/entertainment law firm. I have met professionals from all major sports teams in Philly, the NFL players association, IMG, The Washington Nationals, Under Armour, College Athletics, and HBO sports just to name a few.</p>
<p>If you decide on going to a school for SM, I suggest you attend one that has a diverse group of facility and staff willing to help you, a program with experience and internship opportunities built into the curriculum, one that is located in a region with numerous sport career opportunities, and one that gives you an a chance to NETWORK with real professionals.</p>
<p>Through experiences offered by Temple, I have might so many great teachers, professional, and fellow students that have helped guide me along the way.</p>
<p>Everyone keeps listing the ‘best’ sports management programs, but can any of you provide a link to your source? Right now it just looks like a bunch of personal opinions. Using actual national university rankings, Michigan and Miami are both in the top 50, while so-called powerhouses like Ohio and UMass are nowhere to be found. I understand that each universtity has strengths and weaknesses, but a given university’s overall prestige is fairly level among its different schools and programs.</p>
<p>I dont think you will find a comprehensive list of “Best” programs just because there are so many varieties of what people will do with this job as well as varieties of programs to study.</p>
<p>Look for a school that has the most opportunity available such as major metropolitan areas. Then check out their internship and mentor programs then class profiles.</p>
<p>For me I am leaning towards Central Floridas Masters program because of the placement opportunities with alumni.</p>
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<p>Michigan and Miami’s programs do not compare to UMass’. UMass has one of the oldest SM programs, and is especially competitive. They have tremendous contacts in all sports.</p>
<p>There is a ton of good information on this thread that confirms much of my own research about undergrad SM and graduate SM degrees or MBA’s with sports concentrations. </p>
<p>I’ll start by saying that Arizona State’s MBA in Sports was discontinued in March of 2009 due to budget cuts. That should tell you all something. </p>
<p>Be careful when picking SM as your major because of what others have said: supply and demand. It is just like the movie industry – everyone wants in and there are only a few good jobs so it turns into slave labor at the low end or entry level end. Be careful. </p>
<p>Now, that doesn’t mean you can’t do it but like everything else there are risks. What I have found is that MANY, MANY undergrad SM degrees are in the wrong departments. Colleges stick them in the schools of education where they clearly do not belong or patch it into the kinesiology department which is the study of human movement. The business side of a sports organization has jack crap to do with the study of human movement and injury prevention which should be in the medical field. </p>
<p>So, like I said, be careful. </p>
<p>Then you have the schools that offer MBA degrees and tack on a few classes and whala! they call it a sports MBA. </p>
<p>The internships/field experiences are golden in this degree plan. That is what separates the winners from the losers. The truth is that MANY of the faculty of these places have no clue or connection to the real sports industry so kick the tires before you buy. </p>
<p>My son is interested in this field but he doesn’t want to work for a professional sports franchise. He wants to work in intercollegiate athletics. Therefore, a school like FSU is a good fit because it makes no difference how many professional teams are close by and we are in FL. </p>
<p>I appreciate all the great advice I got from this thread and I just want to chip in what I know, or think I know, to help out others. I’ll echo the comments about combining business degrees with SM classes with field experiences and then just hope and pray it works. </p>
<p>Good luck all! </p>
<p>Oh one more thing. The U of Oregon program is amazing but yes it is mostly for sports marketing not so much for sports management but the latter can be done with regular business classes. The program at SDST looks pretty good but it appears to be mostly for people that are shooting for professional teams and from what I can gather most of the internships were the equivalent of glorified gophers. </p>
<p>I like what the U. of Miami is doing but I am suspect the internships there are some good some bad just like anywhere else. A U. can’t guarantee great internships so fate an dluck are involved here folks.</p>
<p>One thing on this thread confuses me: </p>
<p>Why would a U. of Miami prof direct a student interested in SM to the U. of South Carolina given that the U. of Miami has highly respected B, M and D degrees in SM???</p>
<p>By the way, USCe’s SM program is cool because it is in its own college but I looked at the curriculum and it seems very similar to other grad SM degrees…so whats the diff? Whats the big deal??</p>
<p>Just because a SM program is in the college of education doesn’t mean its bad. If you look at UCF’s Devos SM grad degree you’ll see that it is basically a standard MBA plus SM internships if you can get them. Nothing new there. All marketing rhetoric.</p>