Details: Sport Management, Master's

Sport Management

Program type: Master's

Wichita State's fully online Master of Education (MEd) in sport management program takes your passion for athletics and combines it with the practical skills and professional connections needed to work around the globe in the management of intercollegiate athletics, minor- and major-league franchises, park and recreation departments and the health club/fitness industry.

Learn how Sport Management is the right fit for you.

Degree
MEd
Credit Hours
30
Sport management intern at the College Football Playoff hosted at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California
WSU sport management students have secured highly sought internships with organizations such as the Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Vikings, Sporting Kansas City, Wichita State Athletics, Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball. 

  • Making your graduate education affordable

    In addition to scholarships and financial aid, more than 30 percent of full-time graduate students hold assistantships or departmental fellowships amounting to more than $4 million each year.

  • Admission to the program

    • Have an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution
    • Have a minimum 2.75 GPA for the last 60 hours of coursework

                For additional admission details, click on the link below.

Tommy Rudawsky worked his way up to an internship with the NFL

Inside the Program

Sport management student lands NFL internship

Tommy Rudawsky's time as manager for the Shocker men's basketball team gave him the skills and confidence to apply for -- and eventually land -- a coveted summer internship with the Minnesota Vikings.

He didn't stop there. Rudawsky was then offered a semester-long internship at the University of Arkansas. It won't be easy, but Rudawsky hopes these experiences will help him with his ultimate goal of becoming an NFL general manager.

  • Curriculum

    To complete the sport management major, you'll take 30 credit hours of course work and a six-credit-hour internship. Students have completed internships in local, regional and professional league sports organizations—from WSU athletics and the NCAA to Major League Baseball and Disney Sports.

  • Careers

    A degree in sport management from Wichita State opens doors to employment in diverse sectors of the sport industry. Our alumni are employed in Kansas, across the nation and internationally—with local schools, universities, health clubs, minor-league and professional league sport organizations.

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