Sports Management at Southern Methodist University

What traits are you looking for in a sports management school? To help you decide if Southern Methodist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sports management program.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sports Management section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Sports Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management
• Master’s Degree in Sports Management

SMU Sports Management Rankings

The sports management major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Sports Management Student Demographics at SMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sports management majors at Southern Methodist University.

SMU Sports Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of sports management bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical sports management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sports management at SMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in sports management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	69
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SMU Sports Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of sports management master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Of the students who received a sports management master's degree from SMU, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a master's in sports management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Sports Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in sports management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	19,450	$38,650
Coaches and Scouts	13,270	$51,800
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,640	$67,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.