The 50 colleges that score highest for Sport management on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $79,411 · 318 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $60,497 · 143 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $74,963 · 217 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $63,286 · 382 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $67,782 · 188 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Median earnings $81,110 · 86 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $62,888 · 549 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $56,289 · 76 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $71,844 · 301 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $66,580 · 319 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | Median earnings $63,268 (college-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $57,541 · 168 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $62,362 · 180 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $67,399 · 221 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $67,275 · 281 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Emory University | GA | Median earnings $87,254 · 77 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $68,675 · 410 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Rice University | TX | Median earnings $87,404 · 32 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $60,909 · 160 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $73,289 · 56 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | Median earnings $67,705 · 248 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $72,724 · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $57,020 · 398 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $68,219 · 150 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $60,931 · 82 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Iowa | IA | Median earnings $61,732 · 503 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $58,308 (college-wide) · 418 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $73,238 · 140 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $67,290 · 298 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $57,643 · 250 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $59,914 · 406 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $56,413 · 206 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Wake Forest University | NC | Median earnings $79,599 · 101 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | William & Mary | VA | Median earnings $68,992 · 122 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of San Francisco | CA | Median earnings $89,812 (college-wide) · 42 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | The University of Alabama | AL | Median earnings $59,221 (college-wide) · 260 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Southern Methodist University | TX | Median earnings $62,838 · 130 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $51,273 · 112 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Miami University-Oxford | OH | Median earnings $70,919 · 256 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $60,488 · 115 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | James Madison University | VA | Median earnings $63,065 · 317 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $59,001 · 107 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $76,478 · 179 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | University of Houston | TX | Median earnings $53,483 · 368 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $45,013 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $54,599 · 138 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $59,127 · 41 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Texas Christian University | TX | Median earnings $68,424 (college-wide) · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Temple University | PA | Median earnings $63,714 · 174 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Chicago | IL | Median earnings $55,247 · 134 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees |
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