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Sports Management at Northern Illinois University

Sports Management at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study sports management, take a look at what Northern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sports Management section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Sports Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management
  • Master’s Degree in Sports Management

NIU Sports Management Rankings

Sports Management Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sports management majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Sports Management Master’s Program

18% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 82% of sports management master's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

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Of the students who received a sports management master's degree from NIU, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the sports management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a master's in sports management.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Sports Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in sports management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 16,430 $46,670
Coaches and Scouts 10,670 $38,760
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 580 $61,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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