2025 Best Sports Management Schools in the Southeast Region
98Colleges in the Southeast Region
6,078Sports Management Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in sports management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #48 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 98 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of sports management. Combined, these schools handed out 6,078 degrees in sports management to qualified students.
Your choice of sports management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Sports Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Sports Management in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of sports management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
19 Top Southeast Region Schools in Sports Management
Every student who is interested in sports management needs to take a look at University of Georgia. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 138 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in sports management. UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 332 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
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James Madison University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in sports management. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 152 sports management students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you wish to pursue a degree in sports management. UT Knoxville is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville. A Best Colleges rank of #226 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were about 149 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 341 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
Florida State is a very large public university located in the city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 248 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Elon is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Elon. A Best Colleges rank of #190 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Elon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Elon in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were about 139 sports management students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
GaSou is a very large public university located in the town of Statesboro. This university ranks 16th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 85 sports management students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a great university overall.
There were about 12 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale in the most recent year we have data available.
American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Charles Town. A Best Colleges rank of #234 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 196 sports management students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent year we have data available.
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Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 11th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 216 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
UofL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Louisville. This university ranks 2nd out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 155 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.
The Citadel is a small public college located in the midsize city of Charleston. This college ranks 4th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 20 sports management students who graduated with this degree at The Citadel in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were approximately 118 sports management students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
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Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 205 sports management students who graduated with this degree at A-State in the most recent year we have data available.
ETSU is a large public university located in the small city of Johnson City. This university ranks 11th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 67 sports management students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 92 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 32 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available.
Rest of the Top Best Sports Management Schools in the Southeast Region
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Sports Management Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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).
Your choice of sports management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Sports Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
