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Masters in Sport in the USA in 2024

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Masters in Sport in the USA

Study Sport Masters Programmes

If you have a passion for sport and wish to take it further with studies in higher education, you can study for a degree in sport. You will be able to focus your studies on the area of sport that takes your interest, be it coaching, physiology, exercise science, nutrition, psychology or more.

Graduates of masters degrees in sport can go on to careers as a sports coach, personal trainers, physiotherapist, conditioning coach, PE teachers and health advisors.

Your masters degree will be delivered through lectures and seminars, with a possibility of group projects. You are likely to focus on a specific field of sport in your studies. Modules you study might include:

  • Physiology
  • Nutrition
  • Sports management
  • Research methods
  • Governing sport

Study in the USA

With over 1.1 million international students choosing the USA as their higher education destination each year, the country is one of the most popular study abroad destinations in the world. There are consistently many USA based universities and colleges ranked within the top 100 in the QS World University rankings, and it is not uncommon for the top 10 rankings to be dominated by American universities as well. As one of the biggest countries in the world, you will have many choices when it comes to deciding where you want to study abroad.

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