<p>I am currently ending my junior year, and heavily intersted in doing sports management as my undergraduate study. What colleges has elite programs in sports management?? Please leave names of colleges?</p>
<p>This might not be that great, or what your looking for, but Baylor in Texas has a sports management program that guarantees an internship with a team after graduation. Read about it on BusinessWeek website.</p>
<p>I believe Pepperdine University has a major or something similar to it. Oh no wait, I think it's Sport Therapy or something like that. I don't know. I read something about a major in sports that they have, so you'd have to check their website out.</p>
<p>Have you just considered maybe just majoring in business or management?</p>
<p>youre on college confidential here, pal. sports management?</p>
<p>springfield college
nyu
umass</p>
<p>Check out the North American Society for Sports Management-- NASSM.com. Click on Sports Management programs and this will link you to the websites of many different colleges. Contrary to Pirt's sentiment, there have many several inquires about sports management programs on cc. My d will be heading to SUNY Cortland/ sports management program. There are a number of other kids on these boards who are also interested in the field. Are you interested in staying in a particular geographic area? If you can give us more info, we may be able to give you a bit more direction. Good luck</p>
<p>If you're looking at doing something with marketing involved in Sports Management, University of Oregon seems to have a great program:
<a href="http://www.warsawcenter.com/index2.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.warsawcenter.com/index2.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.warsawcenter.com/academics/undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.warsawcenter.com/academics/undergrad.htm</a></p>
<p>In addition, UMass has a great sports management program. My neighbor goes to school there and he has interned with the NE Patriots and has run several athletic competitions.
<a href="http://www.isenberg.umass.edu/sportmgt/%5B/url%5D">http://www.isenberg.umass.edu/sportmgt/</a></p>
<p>The University of Tennessee has a good sports management program. With the school itself being heavily involved with its teams, it gives great opportunities to students.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.utk.edu/%7Esals/ug/Sport.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.utk.edu/~sals/ug/Sport.html</a></p>
<p>Temple University has a GREAT SM program. They picked up a professor from the University of Texas.</p>
<p>from what I've gathered from heresay is UMAss and Oregon have the two best programs.</p>
<p>SDSU has one</p>
<p>SDSU is a joke.</p>
<p>Why is SDSU a joke?</p>
<p>You should definitely check out Ohio University's Sports Management program. They are certified NASSM. Plus their facilities and internships available to the undergraduate student are incredible. If you are looking for a top of the line program, do not overlook Ohio University.</p>
<p>Certified through NASSM means nothing really. A lot of the good programs don't want to go through with the 10 page application that NASSM requires because they don't need to, as being certified is crap.</p>
<p>Look at programs and where they send graduates. There are no rankings for SM. There are indeed good programs, and bad ones. The best ones are through the business school (Massachusetts and Oregon are the best two IMO).</p>
<p>If you're looking to become a GM or something of that extent, you have to realize that chances are as good as being accepted to Harvard. Also, essentially all GMs have MBA's from the top schools in the country. Being involved in sports is more about getting a good business degree and having connections to sports organizations through your school, than it is taking some classes in SM and getting a SM degree.</p>
<p>Lots of schools offer their own internships through their own athletic programs. This is something to consider. Miami has a strong program and offers internships with their football team. </p>
<p>Ohio U has a very good program. But they are more known for their MSA/MBA than undergrad. There are Wharton grads who go on to grad school at Ohio, as well as UMass. </p>
<p>Don't think that because you go to a school in one part of the country, then it means you will get an internship with a team in one part of the country. I know graduates of Indiana's SM program who are currently working for the Oakland Raiders, thousands of miles away.</p>
<p>It's all about connections. You will get your jobs based on your schools connections with the industry. Big schools often have more oppurtunities, as they have more people working who come back to the school and say "Hey, send some interns out here!" Ohio and UMass have great connections, Oregon has some with Nike. South Carolina is a great school, Miami, Michigan, Indiana, Bowling Green, Texas, West Virginia, so much more.</p>
<p>Go on the NASSM site, look at schools you like that are listed. Check out their curriculum, make sure it's business based (not recreational sports based). Also, check out the overall business school, because you might want a dual degree, a business major with a SM minor, or something else.</p>
<p>Hi A2- I'm glad you find this thread as I know from past postings you do know alot about sports management. I always recommend the NASSM website because it does link you directly to the sports management program at the college. Sports Management is one of those strange majors that can be found in the business dept, recreation and parks dept. or health. Sometimes it's just frustrating to find the info easily but the NASSM website links you up to the right place. I'm also going to agree with A2-I think it's a good idea to go with a program that is business based or at least encourages you to take basic business and economic courses. This may make you more marketable in the real world. Internship opportunities is also a key factor when looking for the right program. Good luck!</p>
<p>I think you definitely hit on the point marny. It's not the smartest to just get the SM degree, unless you definitely have plans for grad school (where degrees don't matter in admissions), because you want that business degree to fall back on, and it will offer you more potential employment (although some businesses will indeed take you even if you have a SM degree and not a biz degree). Wow, I just contradicted myself, lol. Anyways, i'd recommend a program that has a business school too so you can major in business, and minor in SM. And if you are more concerned with getting that job in sports, look into the quality of the SM school moreso than the quality of the b-school, and vise-versa.</p>
<p>JpOd is a joke. The sports management program at SDSU is a graduate program, but it's pretty cool, they require an internship of you and you work directly with the San Diego Chargers...lots of money is being poored in the program.</p>
<p>you spelled my name wrong.....Obviously you go to SDSU.
No disrespect, since I love the Chargers but SDSU is ____</p>
<p>No disrespect to you, but your name isn't very important and it's highly probable it will never be on a door, atleast with your unwitty assumptions, lack of class and character. Instead of taking the pro..such and such road, you decide to take the bash SDSU road. It seems like you're still in high school and have a good deal of growing up to do. SDSU had over 55,000 applicants and you probably had over 55,000 enemies growing up, now truly who is the joke?</p>