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2022 Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Sports Studies is the 641st most popular major in the country with 476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 118 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sports studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sports studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Studies in the Southeast Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Sports Academy landed the #1 spot on the list. The Academy is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Daphne, Alabama. It awarded 2 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2019-2020.

The Academy also made our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Sports Studies at The Academy

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. East Carolina University is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 32 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,844 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sports Studies students per year to attend East Carolina University.

Read full report on Sports Studies at ECU

#3

Cumberland University

Lebanon, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cumberland University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lebanon, Tennessee, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree sports studies students list, CU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cumberland University is $24,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sports studies students.

Read more about Sports Studies at Cumberland University

#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sports studies degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

WKU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,962 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sports studies students per year to attend Western Kentucky University.

Read full report on Sports Studies at WKU

#5

Barry University

Miami, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barry University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 4 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Barry University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Barry University is $17,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sports Studies students.

Read more about Sports Studies at Barry University

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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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