by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 16,971 people earned their degree in sports management, making the major the 48th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,835 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,988 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 115 colleges that offer a degree in sports management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sports management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sports management students.
Out of the 115 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Defiance College landed the #1 spot on the list. Defiance College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Defiance, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 115 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bluffton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bluffton is located in Bluffton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 115 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Adrian College landed the #3 spot on the list. Adrian, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Heidelberg University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. Tiffin, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mount Union. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Mount Union is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Alliance, Ohio. It awarded 32 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Wilmington College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Wilmington College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilmington, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lincoln College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Lincoln College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lincoln, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Ripon College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ripon College is located in Ripon, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Greenville University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Greenville, Illinois, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Quincy University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Quincy University is located in Quincy, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.
Olivet College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Olivet, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Concordia University, Ann Arbor landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Concordia University, Ann Arbor is a small school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 8 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Marietta College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Marietta, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sports management students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Rochester University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rochester University is a small school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 8 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
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Miami University - Oxford landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 171 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Trine University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Trine University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Angola, Indiana. It awarded 15 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Tiffin University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Tiffin, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports management students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #18, Shawnee State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Shawnee State University is a public institution located in Portsmouth, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Wittenberg University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #19. Wittenberg is located in Springfield, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.
Millikin University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Decatur, Illinois, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Trinity International University - Illinois came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Trinity International University - Illinois is a small school located in Deerfield, Illinois that handed out 8 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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With a ranking of #22, Lake Erie College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Lake Erie College is a small school located in Painesville, Ohio that handed out 6 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
Davenport University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #23. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 37 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
Aquinas College Michigan did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #24. This small school is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Malone University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Malone is located in Canton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s sports management degrees to qualified students.
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