2025 Best Sports Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in sports studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #451 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Sports Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 75 bachelor's degrees in sports studies 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 studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of sports studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 studies related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Sports Studies 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 Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sports Studies in New York

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for sports studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Sports Studies

1

Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY

45 Annual Graduates

Manhattanville College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in sports studies. Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Manhattanville is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in sports studies from Manhattanville College

2

St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, NY

23 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in sports studies needs to look into St. Thomas Aquinas College. STAC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Sparkill.More information about a bachelor’s in sports studies from St. Thomas Aquinas College

Best Sports Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Sports Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Sports Studies Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Sports Management	730
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	637
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General	92
Physical Fitness Technician	18
Outdoor Health & Physical Education/Fitness	7

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.