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2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k

10 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor's in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Sports Management is the 49th most popular major in the country with 16,220 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 437 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 306 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in sports management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sports management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Management (Income $48-$75k) in Tennessee

#1

Tennessee Wesleyan University

Athens, Tennessee
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Wesleyan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. TWU is a small school located in Athens, Tennessee that handed out 12 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend Tennessee Wesleyan University is $12,108 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Sports Management at TWU

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Memphis is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.

UofM also made our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Memphis is $15,287 for tennessee bachelor’s degree sports management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Sports Management at UofM

#3

Carson - Newman University

Jefferson City, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carson - Newman University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k. Carson - Newman is a small school located in Jefferson City, Tennessee that handed out 7 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2019-2020.

Carson - Newman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend Carson - Newman University is $18,751 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Carson - Newman University Sports Management Report

#4

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend East Tennessee State University is $16,359 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Sports Management at East Tennessee State University

#5

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trevecca Nazarene University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. TNU is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.

TNU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for TNU is $17,587 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full TNU Sports Management Report

#1 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 130 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $23,211 for tennessee bachelor’s degree sports management students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UT Knoxville Sports Management Report

#7

Lee University

Cleveland, Tennessee
#9 in overall quality

Lee University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Lee University is a medium-sized school located in Cleveland, Tennessee that handed out 6 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2019-2020.

Lee University also made our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Lee University is $17,884 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Sports Management at Lee University

#8

Tusculum University

Greeneville, Tennessee
#10 in overall quality

Tusculum University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Tusculum is located in Greeneville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.

Tusculum also took the #10 spot in our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $18,995 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Tusculum University.

Read full report on Sports Management at Tusculum

#9

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Belmont University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2019-2020.

Belmont also took the #3 spot in our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $31,006 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Sports Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Belmont.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sports Management at Belmont University

#10

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Union University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. Jackson, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Union not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Sports Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $25,952 for tennessee bachelor’s degree sports management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Union University.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Union Sports Management Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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