2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Management in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

Sports Management is the 49th most popular major in the country with 16,220 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,810 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sports management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The sports management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Management in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified doctorate’s sports management students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago also made our “Best Sports Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sports Management at Concordia University, Chicago

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 2 doctorate’s sports management degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Sports Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sports Management at U-M

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Management

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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