MS in Sport Management - Athletic Administration

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Direct your passion for sports into a full-time career with an online MS in Sport Management with an integrated Athletic Administration graduate certificate. This unique program gives you the opportunity to earn two specialized credentials that can help you enter the field of sport business or enhance your resume with additional skills that you can use to advance in your career path.

Topics of study include organizational design, public policy, labor relations, collective bargaining, marketing and media relations. Whether you hope to break into professional sports administration or see yourself running the athletics program at a school or community organization, this 36-credit master’s degree program coupled with the Athletic Administration graduate certificate combines training in athletic administration theory with application in a real-world setting through a required internship. Earn both credentials within 36-credits by taking the prescribed Athletic Administration certificate courses below.

Founded more than 25 years ago, Southern New Hampshire University’s online MS in Sport Management is one of the most established and prestigious programs in the U.S. and one of just a few accredited sport management programs in New England.

Apply Athletic Administration Training in a Real-World Setting

This specialized certificate combined with the online MS in Sport Management provides a strong foundation on which to break into or grow your career in athletic administration. Through internships, you will be able to apply what you learn in a real-world work environment of your choosing. This will not only give you demonstrated experience that you can put on your resume, it will also allow you to better understand how topics that you explore in the classroom take place in the real world.

Athletic Administration Careers Poised for Growth

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of education administrators - a category into which athletic administration falls - is expected to grow by about 8 percent between 2008 and 2018. The flexibility of this degree enables you to apply it toward sports-related careers in areas such as marketing, sales and public relations, to help you get your foot in the door.

Graduates of our sport management program have worked for a variety of organizations including the Boston Celtics, Red Bull, the U.S. Olympic Committee and Reebok.

University Accreditation

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