by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 614 people earned their degree in sports studies, making the major the 557th most popular in the United States.
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 “Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful sports studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree sports studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. 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 58 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. East Carolina University is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s sports studies degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cumberland University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lebanon, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports studies students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 6 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Methodist is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Barry University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 2 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2020-2021.
United States Sports Academy did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Sports Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Daphne, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports studies degrees to 1 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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