2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Studies

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major” 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sports studies. That schools that top this list have a program in sports studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree sports studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Studies

1

University of Western States
Portland, Oregon

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Western States landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sports Studies at University of Western States

2

Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major list. Springfield College is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Sports Studies at Springfield College

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.