<p>I am interested in Sports Management as a major, but only if it is housed within the business school of the college I attend...many are in other schools like Health Science and Kinesiology or Hospitality...Can anyone give me the best Sports Management Schools within Business Schools?</p>
<p>You might notice at some schools that the major is now listed as “sports business” - that’s a good indication that the focus is on the business side.</p>
<p>This site is pretty resourceful for SM/SB questions:
[Sport</a> Management Programs: United States | North American Society for Sport Management](<a href=“http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/SportMgmtPrograms/United_States]Sport”>http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/SportMgmtPrograms/United_States)</p>
<p>Ohio State has a great sports management program.
For hospitality, Cornell and UNLV are the two best.</p>
<p>Thanks, you are right but it is within the school of education. I’m looking specifically for the school of business.</p>
<p>^^
If it’s an accredited program - what difference would it make?</p>
<p>Because in addition to having the accreditation I’d be graduating from a well-respected business program which I feel would be more beneficial down the road. Ohio State is a great school, by all means…</p>
<p>You might want to check to see how the programs are set up. I think at some schools (because my younger son is looking into this), the traditional business-oriented classes (accounting, finance, etc) are taught thru the business school. Some programs even work it so that you have a minor in business.</p>
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Then look at undergraduate business instead, preferably in a city, so you would have internship options.</p>
<p>UCF’s sports management program is very well respected. Lots of intern opportunities in the Orlando area.</p>
<p>I agree with willingtonwave. If it’s the b-school repution that you are after, then you need to focus on that. Either do an undergrad b-program at a school that fits your criteria and do a graduate program in sports management. Or do an undergrad program in sports management and go on for an MBA at a well known school.</p>
<p>UMass Amherst</p>
<p>Just an FYI, but very few SM programs are housed in the bschool. (I’m not even sure any are). For example, I am an SM major at Temple University, and our SM program is in the tourism and hospitality school, which is a sister school to the business school. We take all of our major classes in the business school. It’s essentially a business school program. What you should be looking for are SM programs with business emphases–not kinesiology emphases.</p>
<p>At University of Michigan, you can pursue a dual major in the Ross business college, and also in SM through the college of kinesiology. The student I know who did that started out as a SM major in K, then applied to Ross as a dual degree student. It’s competitive, hard to get into Ross, but it can be done.</p>
<p>I think that Indiana also allows a dual major, Kelly school of business and SM through the K program. </p>
<pre><code>That might be the best way to go.
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<p>My d is a sport management major at SUNY Cortland and will be graduating this year. The program is structured to place a great emphasis on business. She was required to take courses in accounting, finance, marketing, management etc. in addition to her sport management credits. Additionally she must do a semester internship in a sport management setting in which she will get academic credit.
The structure of the SUNY Cortland program really met my kids needs. Sport management is a tough field to get into- so by having a strong business background as well as field experience, these kids have a decent chance of finding employment in the sports field.
my only concern of doing a dual major as a sport management and business degree student, is that you may not be able to get the internship experience as you will have too many course requirements by doing a double major. I think the internship experience may be even more valuable than getting the double degree-in business and sport management.
as my d got interested in sport marketing, she minored in communications (closest field to marketing-public relations-etc).
IMO- the combo you should be looking for is sport management-strong business background-and opportunity to do for credit internships. Be aware that many internships require that you receive academic credit. So make sure the program you go to gives academic credit for internships. Without the academic credit, sport management internships are hard to get. </p>
<p>SUNY Cortland was the training camp for the NY Jets this pre-season. My d spent her summer as a Jets Intern in Cortland. She had a great time and it was a good learning experience. It was a real kick (no pun intended) having the Jets at her school.</p>
<p>I am thinking that the business major with a sports management minor would be the way to go. I am from the northeast, and will most definitely apply to the UMass program. I have a 3.8 gpa, and did around an 1160 sat on my first try - will be retaking in oct. as well as the ACT…i live in the boston area, and prefer NOT to go anywhere further north…would appreciate suggestions for schools with strong business programs and sports mgmt minors…</p>
<p>It’s a long way from home for you, but check out University of Oregon’s program within the business school. It is top-notch with many internship opportunities at companies like Nike, Adidas, etc.</p>
<p>hi m planning to do a sports management degree as post graduation…Could u plz tell me the top 10 colleges offering this degree…The colleges neednt neccessarily be in USA</p>
<p>How do i start a thread or ask a question?? haha, ive been trying to figure this out.</p>