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Most Popular Schools for Sports Studies Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the psychological, sociological, and historical aspects of sport and physical activity. Includes instruction in theory of sport, sport psychology, sport in American society, gender and race/ethnicity and sport, and sports history.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Western Kentucky University 48 1% $21,840
2 John F. Kennedy University 33 13% $8,500
3 National University 33 1% $15,024
4 Manhattanville College 25 4% $55,690
5 Upper Iowa University 19 1% $43,750
6 St. Thomas Aquinas College 18 6% $49,310
7 Argosy University-Phoenix Online Division 15 1% $15,204
8 John Carroll University 13 1% $57,464
9 Springfield College 12 1% $53,244
10 University of Western States 11 4% N/A
11 Denison University 10 2% $66,870
12 Argosy University-Orange County 9 12% $15,621
13 Northwest Missouri State University 8 1% $19,751
14 Minnesota State University-Mankato 8 0% $20,482
15 University of Iowa 8 0% $24,239
16 Ottawa University-Ottawa 7 6% $44,460
17 Texas Christian University 7 0% $65,684
18 United States Sports Academy 7 14% N/A
19 Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences 5 2% $23,525
20 Bethel College-Indiana 5 1% $41,590
21 Southwestern College 4 1% $44,809
22 SUNY Cortland 4 0% $25,220
23 Ithaca College 4 0% $62,757
24 Finger Lakes Community College 4 1% $18,002
25 California University of Management and Sciences 3 2% $7,620
26 SUNY Broome Community College 3 0% $20,599
27 Central Michigan University 3 0% $24,889
28 Huntington University 2 1% $38,222
29 Rowan University 2 0% $32,099
30 Lake Erie College 2 1% $45,510
31 Barry University 1 0% $46,898
32 Canisius College 1 0% $42,288
33 Grace College and Theological Seminary 1 0% $35,902
34 Concordia University-Saint Paul 1 0% $35,275
35 Texas Southern University 1 0% $25,343
36 Lubbock Christian University 1 0% $36,284
37 Argosy University-Inland Empire 1 1% N/A
38 Argosy University-Chicago 1 1% $15,204

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Sports Studies program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.