2025 Best Sports Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in sports management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #35 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for sports management students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 68 bachelor's degrees in sports management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to sports management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sports management students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sports management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for sports management students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Sports Management Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sports Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sports Management in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in sports management.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Sports Management

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in sports management. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a bachelor’s in sports management from University of Southern Mississippi

2

Belhaven University
Jackson, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Belhaven University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in sports management. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Jackson.More information about a bachelor’s in sports management from Belhaven University

Best Sports Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Sports Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	773
Tennessee	460	308
North Carolina	453	700
Georgia	453	406
Virginia	421	387
South Carolina	370	526
Kentucky	331	260
Alabama	320	121
Louisiana	306	169
Arkansas	294	47
West Virginia	223	150

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Sports Management Related Rankings by Major

Sports Management is one of 5 different types of Health & Physical Education programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Sports Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	555
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	74
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.