2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 4,467 people earned their degree in athletic training, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 431 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 165 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in athletic training. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent athletic training programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the athletic training program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 12 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 15 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.
Tarleton also took the #8 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton are $15,485, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.
SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stephen F Austin State University are $15,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 14 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree athletic trainer students with aid list, UCO has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Texas Lutheran University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. TLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seguin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TLU also made our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Lutheran University are $31,850.
University of Tulsa came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s athletic trainer students in 2019-2020.
University of Tulsa also made our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Tulsa are $24,080.
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Abilene Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #11. Abilene Christian is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.
Abilene Christian also took the #7 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Abilene Christian University are $23,238, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Baylor University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936, 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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