2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,467 people earned their degree in athletic training, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 90 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in athletic training. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality athletic training programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the athletic training program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

$33,535 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Springfield College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Springfield College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Springfield College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Springfield College are $33,535.

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#3

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$11,397 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s athletic trainer students in 2019-2020.

Bridgewater State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bridgewater State are $11,397.

Read more about Athletic Training at Bridgewater State

#4

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$31,296 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. North Andover, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Merrimack not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack are $31,296, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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