About 200 colleges and universities in the U.S. offer a sports administration degree program. The sport administration program's roots lay in WSU's physical education program. It began as a concentration area for students graduating with de-grees in physical education. In 1992, the Kansas Board of Regents recognized sport administration as a master's degree-granting program. In 1998 its undergraduate degree program was recognized by the regents.
Students attending the program learn all areas of operating a sports-related organization.
Upon graduation, students are qualified to work as recreation department directors, athletic facilities directors, and in the front offices of professional sports teams. Sport tournament and event management. Sport facility management. Sport public relations. Psychology of sport.