Careers Career Paths Links to College Sports Business Programs Share PINTEREST Email Print Digital Magic Photography/Flickr Career Paths Sports Careers Technology Careers Sales Project Management Professional Writer Music Careers Media Legal Careers US Military Careers Government Careers Finance Careers Fiction Writing Careers Entertainment Careers Criminology Careers Book Publishing Aviation Animal Careers Advertising Learn More By Frank Angst Frank Angst Twitter Sportswriter Butler University Frank Angst is an award-winning sportswriter with nearly 20 years experience. He wrote about sports professions for The Balance Careers. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 06/25/19 One way of pursuing a career in sports is to get a degree specific to the sports industry. There are many excellent options with programs that focus on coaching, sales, sports management and other potential interest areas. What follows is a list of some United States programs. Links to colleges and universities that provide sports management programs. Alabama U. of Alabama Troy U. Arizona Arizona State U. Northcentral U. Arkansas U. of Arkansas Arkansas State U. Henderson State U. California California Baptist U. U. of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) California State U. at Bakersfield California State U. at Long Beach U. of the Pacific San Diego State U. U. of San Francisco San Jose State U. Colorado U. of Denver U. of Northern Colorado Connecticut U. of Connecticut Eastern Connecticut State U. U. of New Haven Post U. Sacred Heart U. Delaware U. of Delaware Delaware State U. Wilmington U. District of Columbia George Washington U. Florida U. of Central Florida Flagler College U. of Florida Florida A&M Florida Atlantic Florida Southern Florida State U. Lynn U. U. of Miami U. of North Florida Northwood U. Nova Southeastern U Palm Beach Atlantic U. Saint Leo U. St. Thomas U. Stetson U. U. of Tampa Warner Southern College Webber International U. Georgia U. of Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia State U. State U. of West Georgia Idaho College of Idaho Idaho State U. Illinois Blackburn College Concordia U. Chicago DePaul U. Illinois State U. Loyola U. Northern Illinois U. Principia College Southern Illinois U. Northwestern U. Western Illinois U. Indiana Ball State U. U. of Evansville Indiana U. Indiana State U. Indiana Wesleyan U. Taylor U. Tri-State U. Valparaiso U. Iowa U. of Iowa Iowa Wesleyan College Loras College Simpson Kansas Baker U. Bethany College U. of Kansas MidAmerica Nazarene Southwestern College Tabor College Wichita State U. Kentucky U. of Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan College U. of Louisville Morehead State U. Northern Kentucky U. Union College Louisiana Grambling State U. Louisiana State U. Tulane U. Law School Maine U. of New England U. of Southern Maine Maryland Coppin State U. Garrett College Mount St. Mary’s U. Towson U. Massachusetts Endicott College U. of Massachusetts-Amherst Nichols College Salem State College Springfield College Western New England College Michigan Aquinas College Central Michigan U. U. of Michigan Siena Heights U. Wayne State U. Western Michigan U. Minnesota Bemidji State U. U. of Minnesota U. of Minnesota-Crookston Minnesota State U. Mississippi Mississippi State U. U. of Southern Mississippi Missouri Missouri Baptist U. Missouri State U. Southeast Missouri State U. William Woods U. Montana Montana State U.-Billings Nebraska U. of Nebraska-Kearney Wayne State College New Hampshire Colby-Sawyer College Daniel Webster College Franklin Pierce U. New England College U. of New Hampshire New Hampshire Technical Institute Southern New Hampshire U. New Jersey Centenary College Seton Hall Rutgers New Mexico U. of New Mexico New York Canisius College Cazenovia College Columbia U. Dowling College Finger Lakes Community College Hofstra U. Ithaca Keuka College Long Island U. Manhattanville College New York U. Niagara U. State U. of New York at Brockport St. John Fisher College St. John’s U. College of Saint Rose Syracuse U. Tompkins Cortland Community College North Caolina Barton College Belmont Abbey Campbell U. Chowan U. East Carolina U. Elon U. Gardner-Webb U. Greensboro College Guilford College High Point U. Lenoir-Rhyne U. Livingstone College Meredith College Methodist U. U. of North Carolina North Carolina State U. U. of North Carolina Charlotte Pfeiffer U. Western Carolina U. Wingate U. Winston-Salem State U. Ohio Ashland U. Baldwin-Wallace Bowling Green State U. Cleveland State U. Columbus State Community College U. of Dayton Defiance College Misericordia University Mount Union Ohio Dominican U. Ohio State U. Ohio U. Otterbein College Shawnee State U. Tiffin U. Xavier U. Oregon U. of Oregon Western Oregon U. Pennsylvania Alvernia College Bucks County Community College California U. of Pennsylvania DeSales U. Duquesne U. Drexel U. East Stroudsburg U. Holy Family U. Indiana U. of Pennsylvania Keystone College Lehigh Carbon Community College Messiah College Neumann College Point Park U. Robert Morris U. Temple U. Widener U. York College of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock U. Rhode Island Johnson and Wales U. South Carolina The Citadel Erskine College Limestone College U. of South Carolina South Dakota Dakota Wesleyan U. Tennessee Belmont U. East Tennessee State U. Martin Methodist College U. of Memphis Middle Tennessee State U. Southern Adventist U. Union U. U. of Tennessee U. of Tennessee-Chattanooga University of Tennessee Martin Texas Baylor U. U. of Dallas U. of Houston Howard Payne U. Rice U. U. of Texas Texas A&M U. Texas Tech U. Vermont Castleton State College Virginia George Mason U. Hampton U. James Madison Liberty U. Lynchburg College Old Dominion U. Radford U. Virginia Intermont College Virginia Commonwealth U. Washington Washington State U. U. of Washington West Virginia Marshall U. Shepherd U. West Virginia U. Wisconsin Marian U. Marquette U. Law School U. of Wisconsin-LaCrosse U. of Wisconsin-Parkside There are also options outside the United States. The North American Society for Sports Management has a list, sorted by continent if your interests lie outside the U.S. +++ Updated by Rich Campbell