Southwest Minnesota State University's online MS in Education degree offers an area of emphasis in sports leadership designed to transform your passion for athletics into a rewarding career. Through courses taught by experts, you'll build advanced skills for academic sports leadership as quickly as two years. You'll also have the opportunity to customize your education with a strand in either coaching and teaching, leadership and management, or sales and marketing. Get started today.

Develop expertise in kinesiology topics with the Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning as you prepare to design fitness programs and train athletes at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. Areas of emphasis: Exercise physiology, fitness assessment, program design, exercise prescription, and nutrition.

The Sports Performance and Training concentration was designed for coaches, athletic trainers, and other sports professionals who work with all levels of athletes from high school players up to Olympic competitors.

The Strength and Conditioning concentration was designed for current practitioners, aspiring strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, and athletic performance coaches.

The Fitness and Health Promotion concentration was designed to meet the needs of individuals who are currently working in or hoping to enter into a career in the health and fitness industry. This strand prepares individuals for the Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) credential, which can lead to a job in a rapidly expanding field. According to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, employment opportunities are expected to increase by 24% through 2020, and the field is expected to add more than 60,000 jobs over that time.