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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southeast Region” ranking.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 5,237 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sports management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sports management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sports management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Management in the Southeast Region

#1

United States Sports Academy

Daphne, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,440 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Sports Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Daphne, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s sports management degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Academy, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sports Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The Academy are $19,440.

Read more about Sports Management at United States Sports Academy

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Sports Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Sports Management Report

#3

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Troy, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s sports management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TROY, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Sports Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Troy University are $16,156, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sports Management at TROY

• 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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