City: Amherst
Attendance: 30,000+ students
The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s MBA/MS Sport Management and MS Sport Management claims first place overall in the SportBusiness Postgraduate Rankings for the third consecutive year.
The university is the second oldest sports management program in the world (est. 1971) and is housed in the Isenberg School of Management.
The programme, which forms part of the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass, has a typical cohort size of 22 to 30, with applicant rates normally reaching 125.
The number of full-time staff working on the course is 13, all under the leadership of graduate programme director Will Norton, who assumed the role ahead of the 2021-22 academic year. The total faculty number will increase to 15 when two new-year full time staff are added ahead of the 2024-25 academic year.
Rankings at a glance:
- First place for third successive year
- Ranked first in the peer review
- Ranked second for overall student satisfaction (graduates choice)
- Highest individual student satisfaction scores were for the quality of the faculty and the ability to both connect with alumni and network with industry executives