Sports ManagementMaster of Business Administration
Turn your passion into a profession
Earn your MBA in sports management at Lynn University and get hands-on education with incredible internship and networking opportunities.
As a student of the sports management program at Lynn, you'll work with faculty on one-of-a-kind projects with some of the biggest names in sports, including NCAA, X Games, NASCAR, NFL, MLB and more. Plus, you'll gain the advanced business and management skills needed for a variety of managerial and directorial sports management careers.
Have work and family obligations? This program is also offered online—giving working professionals like you flexibility and convenience.
What you'll learn in the MBA in sports management program
- Business plan creation and buying and selling of teams
- Ethical and legal issues of collegiate and professional sports
- Advanced marketing, law, sales, media relations, event operations and league governance skills
The College of Business and Management at Lynn University is accredited by IACBE
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Making the softball team my freshman year as a walk-on shaped me as a person. I built leadership and time management skills.Christina Carvatta '15, '16, B.S. in sports management, MBA in sports and athletic administration
Courses
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This course will enable students to create quantitative models using spreadsheet application, as supporting tools for decision-making. The course will follow the case study method, exposing students to business situations typically encountered by business managers. Students will learn how to select the applicable tool to address the situation described in every case, create the corresponding quantitative model. write objective recommendations derived from the analysis, and present these in a simulated boardroom meeting environment.
The purpose of the course is to expose students to various aspects of the sports marketplace, including, but not limited to, athlete representation, and legal issues including, but not limited to, the Internet, individual and corporate marketing, and public relations strategies. The course will examine trends in the industry, analyzing their present and future effects on both the particular sport and sports in general.
Application of management theory and practice to sports administration. Emphasis on organizing, structuring and maintaining a successful department. Day-to-day operations reviewed along with facility management, fiscal and budgetary aspects, personnel selection and supervision, public relations, and office management.
Career opportunities
This sports management program can take you to the next level in your current position, or help you attain your dream job. See where your MBA in sports management can take you.
Career preparation services
We empower students to utilize all the career preparation resources to find the job they’ve always dreamed of.
Cost and aid
Estimated annual cost of attendance
Fee name | 2023-2024 |
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Tuition | $750 per credit |
Fees | $200 |
Total | $27,200 |
Costs are based on completion of 36 total credits. Some programs and courses may have additional costs.
Master’s in psychology, criminal justice, educational leadership, exceptional student education, public administration and clinical mental health counseling are $650 per credit in 2023–2024.
Instructional material fees are a one-time charge and do not apply to students who reside internationally or plan to provide their own iPad, and/or required apps.
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View funding optionsGraduate Application deadlines
International | July 24 |
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Domestic | Aug. 7 |
International | Dec. 12 |
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Domestic | Dec. 26 |
International | April 10 |
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Domestic | April 24 |
Fall | Spring | Summer | |
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International | July 24 | Dec. 12 | April 10 |
Domestic | Aug. 7 | Dec. 26 | April 24 |
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