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The purpose of the research is to study the socio-demographic characteristics of entrepreneurial trends of students who receive a bachelor's degree in sports management. The study’s sample group consists of 258 students who are seeing undergraduate studies in the Department of Sports Management at Celal Bayar University’s Body Education and Sports High School in the 2014-2015 educational year. As a data collection tool in the study, the survey form was used by Girginer and Flying (2004) to determine the entrepreneurial tendency of students with 13 questions on socio-demographic characteristics added. In data analysis, the SPSS statistical program has used frequency analysis, factor analysis, t-test, ANOVA tests. According to the research findings, the differences between gender, classroom in school, the place where the family lives, the sector where the mother works, the family’s monthly income, post-school career plans, business experience, entrepreneurial education, and the entrepreneurial tendencies of students have been identified. According to age, number of brothers, the sector where the father works, the area of use of 1 million Turkish Liras (TL) and the variables of previous entrepreneurial activity, there was no difference between the entrepreneurial trends of the students.

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The aim of the research, in the field of sports management degree students in the field of entrepreneurship is to examine tendency in terms of socio-demographic characteristics. Sample group of the research constituted of 258 students who study sport administration in Celal Bayar University School of Physical Education and Sports during 2014 – 2015. In order to gather data, the questionnaire form by Girginer and Uçgun (2004) to determine the entrepreneurship tendency of the students was used. 13 questions for socio – demographic traits were added. For analyzing data, frequency analysis, factor analysis, t-test, and ANOVA tests have been used. Results showed differences between students’ entrepreneurship tendencies according to gender, grade at school, parents residence habitat, sector in which mother is employed, family monthly income, post – graduate career plans, work experience and entrepreneurship education tendency. No differences were found in students’ entrepreneurship tendency when age, the number of siblings, sector where father is employed, spending realm of 1 million Turkish Lira (TL) and preparticipation to entrepreneurial businesses factors were examined