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MBA/MS in Sport Management

As one of six departments in the Isenberg School of Management, the Department of Sport Management teams with the MBA Program to offer a MBA/MS in Sport Management dual degree, where the student receives two degrees over approximately two years.

Isenberg School of Management M.B.A. Programs

The Isenberg School of Management (ISOM) M.B.A program prepares outstanding business professionals. ISOM's MBA program is fully accredited, and was recently ranked by the Princeton Review among the nation's Top 70 - an impressive standing in a field of more than 700 MBA programs nationwide. The program fosters technological literacy, pragmatic business skills, and close ties to the private sector through the School's active partnership with the region's business community. Graduate faculty teach all courses, making use of the Harvard case method, group work, lectures, and presentations. Active as industry consultants, they bring fresh insights into rigorous, fast-paced classes - a hallmark of the Isenberg School.

Both the Isenberg School of Management and the Department of Sport Management share high admission standards and a low faculty-to-student ratio. As a full-time student, you'll flourish in a small program backed by the resources of a large research university.

Graduate Program Director, Steve McKelvey

For more information about the Dual Degree program email The Program Director

The Dual Degree Program

Candidates entering the M.B.A./M.S. in Sport Management complete their first year in the Master of Business Administration program and their second year in the Department of Sport Management. They complete 36 MBA credits during their first year; during the second year, they complete 29 sport management credits on campus and 6 more during an internship, and also participate in a final semester practicum drawing on everything they have learned to date. The programs overlap, with one sport elective being completed at the end of the first-year and one MBA core course being completed at the start of the second year.


Sample Jobs

UMass Sport Management Alums work for a wide variety of sport organizations, including ESPN, the NBA, the Boston Red Sox, IMG, Octagon, the New York Knicks, the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Rockets, the New Orleans Hornets, the Eastern League, Villanova University Athletics, Boston College Athletics, New Balance, Saucony, Reebok, and many others. Read more...