Ranked #48 in popularity, sports management is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of sports management. Combined, these schools handed out 221 degrees in sports management to qualified students.
Your choice of sports management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sports management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Sports Management Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the sports management degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Washington State University if you wish to pursue a degree in sports management. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman. This university ranks 4th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 59 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in sports management has to check out Gonzaga University. Gonzaga is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Spokane. A Best Colleges rank of #172 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Gonzaga is a great university overall.
There were about 64 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available.
Seattle University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in sports management. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #155 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Seattle U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 sports management students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.
Central Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in sports management. CWU is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Ellensburg. This university ranks 7th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 35 sports management students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).