by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Sports Management is the 48th most popular major in the country with 16,971 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 146 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in sports management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sports management.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree sports management students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado Mesa is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Billings, Montana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports management students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Westminster College Utah came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Westminster College Utah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Lewis - Clark State College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Lewiston, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sports management degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Utah State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 8 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Montana State University - Billings did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University - Billings is a small school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 0 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
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Carroll College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This small school is located in Helena, Montana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s sports management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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