Ranked #48 in popularity, sports management is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for sports management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 332 degrees in sports management annually.
The sports management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sports Management rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sports management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the sports management degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in sports management needs to look into University of Louisville. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #421 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 155 sports management students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of the Cumberlands if you want to pursue a degree in sports management. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Williamsburg. A Best Colleges rank of #1053 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cumberlands is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Cumberlands in the most recent year we have data available.
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Every student pursuing a degree in sports management needs to look into Bellarmine University. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #873 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bellarmine U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent data year.
Eastern Kentucky University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in sports management. Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Richmond. This university ranks 12th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 29 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 20 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Midway is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Midway. This university ranks 31st out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 16 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Midway in the most recent year we have data available.
Asbury is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Wilmore. This university ranks 11th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 2 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Asbury in the most recent data year.
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).
The sports management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sports Management rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sports management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
