<p>I am debating between going to two different schools. One was considered a backup plan and one was considered one of my top choices. The “backup” was Wayne State in Detroit, Michigan. I would be able to save money and live at home so all I would have to pay for is tuition. The other school is SUNY Cortland in NY. It would obviously cost more being an out of state student and having other expenses. </p>
<p>My question: is there a huge difference for employers as to where you attended school for a masters degree? Or is it just strictly about internships/networking? </p>
<p>If the internship opportunities at each school were the same, would simply going to Wayne State and saving money be the better option?</p>
<p>Any and all information/suggestions regarding these two schools would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I’m digging up an old thread, my apologies, but makes more sense than starting a new thread, as there is still valuable information here.</p>
<p>(I have not fully read all 11 pages.)</p>
<p>Does sport management basically require a masters? If so, then is it necessary/highly recommended to get an undergrad degree in sport management? Is it feasible to sort of make your own degree program while getting a degree in something else? If something else, what would be a good degree to pursue?</p>
<p>My son has 2 more years of high school and I’m wondering what would be good summer opportunities for him to pursue. We do have a minor league baseball team, a minor league hockey team, an arena football team, and sometimes we have a semi-pro soccer team. Oh, and how could I forget… an awesome college basketball team S’s sports of choice are running and soccer.</p>
<p>S is pursuing leadership opportunities right now, but not government stuff. </p>
<p>What would be a realistic job straight out of college?</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the Sport Management programs at Ohio Northern, Baldwin Wallace, or Nebraska Wesleyan are? It certainly seems like few small, private liberal arts colleges have Sport Management and the ones that do don’t have a very strong program.</p>
<p>One thing you may want to check into with these smaller schools is what kind of internship opportunities they have. Or what connections they have with local sports teams and programs. It is one thing to teach you the book knowledge that you will need, but you are going to need to get some experience and it would be very helpful if the school you are going to is able to help you get your foot in the door.</p>
<p>TyMac- you make a good point but u also need to be familiar with the surrounding area of the school too. My d was a sport management major at SUNY Cortland and was able to avail herself to internship opportunities in Syracuse NY which is about 30 miles from Cortland. Syracuse is a city which has minor league baseball team -hockey team -arenas and other venues which would be great for internships. So look beyond the campus- and realize that by the time you are a senior in college, you may have a car and will be able to work within an easy drive from school.</p>
<p>crazymomster (if you are still around)- many of the sport management jobs straight out of school involve ticket sales. My d did not want to go that route so she picked herself up and started her “career path” working for a Single A team (minor league baseball team) in the mid-Atlantic region doing corporate sales. I don’t think she would have been able to get that type of job is she stayed in the metro NY market where we are from. She is still in the corporate sponsorship field for a major entertainment/sports company. So for her, it was probably wise to move and begin in a small market. She got a lot of great experience from her first job.</p>
<p>a great source of job information is from a site: Teamwork on line. It may give you a good idea as to the type of entry level jobs available.</p>
<p>What do you guys think about getting a bachelor’s at a college like SUNY Cortland, who has a good program from what I hear, then moving to Syracuse or Ohio State or one of the big name colleges for grad. school?</p>
<p>SUNY Cortland is known for their sports management program. I was talking to a student a year ago who was home doing his internship with one of the NJ teams - I am not a sports person at all so I don’t remember the details, but I remember being very very impressed with the internship. It was with a popular team that I knew. Do not underestimate the sports management program at Cortland.</p>
<p>—it was probably the Jets. Cortland is the summer training camp for the NY Jets. So many of the Cortland kids do an internship for the team. Hopefully the Jets will renew their contract with Cortland and will remain in Cortland for a few more years. The Jets are in the last year of their five year commitment. As an alumni mom who reads the Cortland website- I will keep you guys posted on that development once a decision is made.</p>
<p>I remain a big booster of the Cortland program especially for the NYS resident. You can’t beat the price or the quality of the program. As Syracuse is a big sports town, there is a lot of opportunity for internships. While my daughter attended Cortland, she interned for the AAA baseball team in Syracuse, the Jets and for a professional team on Long Island. I believe her internship experiences from Cortland helped put her on a solid career path in the sports/entertainment field.</p>
<p>–bwlax- I’m not a big fan of obtaining both an undergrad degree in sport management and also a masters. The curriculum is very redundant. My d got her BS in sport management and then took grad courses in management and marketing. I think it wise and necessary to put more of a business focus once the degree in sport management is obtained. I think sport management and a business background is a nice combination of knowledge and skills.</p>
<p>if anyone could help me out with opinions, it would be much appreciated…i want to pursue a sports management major in college, and have been accepted from the following colleges: Ithaca College, SUNY Cortland, St. John’s University, Drexel University (co-op program for sports mgmt), Fairleigh Dickinson University (5-year program), and was deferred from UMass Amherst to regular decision. I am also waiting to hear back from Syracuse along with UMass. I am thinking that I won’t be accepted to UMass’s program which is one of the best in the country, and if am accepted as an undeclared major, I probably won’t attend since I’ve heard it is extremely hard to transfer into UMass’s sports management program. Does anyone have any opinions about the colleges I have been accepted to and which are the better ones?</p>
<p>All of that said, I worked with a minor league baseball team doing IT work for a summer and like has been said a million times before, getting your foot in the door somewhere will serve you far more than attending a ‘top SM school’ ever would. Intern somewhere and get to know as many people as possible.</p>
<p>not going to add much more than what I have said throughout this posting. SUNY Cortland has served my daughter quite well over the years. There was an extreme amount of flexibility in doing “for credit internships” and I think that type of experience is what you need to get your foot in the door for an entry level job in sports.
Cortland is an easy drive to Syracuse which has a whole host of sport teams that you can do an internship with. During her senior year, she interned with a minor league baseball team- which led to a paid position with them. She also did the Jets internship on campus at Cortland as it was (and hopefully with Rex coming back will continue to be) the summer training camp for the NY Jets.<br>
I can’t honestly say that Cortland is better or worse than Ithaca, Syracuse or some of the other schools you were accepted to. But as a NY parent, I can say that it may be one of the less expensive schools to attend. And I don’t know if it is worth the extra cost to attend Ithaca or Syracuse if your aim is to major in sport management.</p>
<p>A quick update on my own kid- she continues to work in the sport and entertainment field in a corporate sponsorship position. It’s a full time position with benefits- what more can a parent ask for. I know her experience at Cortland helped her get that job!
Good luck.</p>
<p>A second nod to Lindenwood near St. Louis. It has an excellent sports management program, affiliated with the pro teams in town, and the program is being ‘discovered’ by more students and has grown exponentially in size. The campus is also growing nearly adding another 30% in size, partly due to this program. Big teams here are the cardinals, rams, and St. Louis blues. </p>
<p>Hi NY Giants. My son applied to many of the same schools as you did for admission fall 2014. He was accepted at cortland, bowling green and ohio university. He was deferred from umass amherst to regular decision as well and is waiting on suny brockport, st johns (which he really doesn’t want to attend because we are only 15 minutes away by car and he wants to live in a dorm), and university of oregon. I have heard all good things about all your schools except for fairleigh dickinson (which I don’t know anything about good or bad). I think the school you pick should depend on what you want to do with your degree after graduation. The few things my son is really looking for in a program is one housed within a business program as opposed to one in a kinesiology department. He also is looking for a school with exceptional internship opportunities and one with a large alumni (sometimes it’s the little things that land the job). He really wants umass and I agree that if he gets in it wont be to the program directly but I am willing to give him the opportunity to get into the program by working really hard freshman year. If not umass it will probably be ohio university as they have all the prerequisites and are giving him enough money to make it just about equal to a suny education in terms of price. The university of Oregon is really great but being across the country makes it pricey in terms of transportation. So even if he gets in I will probably say its a long shot unless they come up with big bucks and considering that they are probably the number one sports management school in country that is highly unlikely. Good luck with your search and post what you want to do with your degree. It will help you to drill down to the perfect school for you.</p>
<p>Update to my post of yesterday: He just got into the University of Oregon. He says that is his number one now (unless umass comes through) but its very expensive. Lets see what kind of money they offer…</p>
<p>No longer deferred at umass. He was accepted undeclared with a $6000 scholarship. Ohio gave him a little more money and their tuition is 10 grand less but umass is where he has his heart set. So umass is where he will be attending. </p>
S’s sports of choice are running and soccer.</p>