A degree in athletic training is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #187 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for athletic training students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 32 degrees in athletic training to qualified students.
Your choice of athletic training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Athletic Training School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Athletic Training Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of athletic trainer degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Arkansas State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in athletic training. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #610 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means A-State is a great university overall.
There were about 6 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at A-State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in athletic training needs to take a look at University of Central Arkansas. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 4 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Arkansas if you want to pursue a degree in athletic training. UARK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in athletic training needs to take a look at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. Located in the remote town of Magnolia, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 3 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of athletic training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Athletic Training School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
