by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sports Studies is the 557th most popular major in the country with 614 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 148 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 127 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sports studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cumberland University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cumberland University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lebanon, Tennessee. It awarded 11 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Sports Academy. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Daphne, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports studies students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 58 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Methodist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Methodist University is a small school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 46 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Shenandoah University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Winchester, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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. 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 #7, Barry University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 2 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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