2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Athletic Training is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 4,467 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 627 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree athletic trainer students.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,613 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s athletic trainer degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,613 for plains states region associate degree athletic trainer students per year to attend Saint Paul College.

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#2

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s athletic trainer degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Northeast also made our “Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast is $8,749 for plains states region associate degree athletic trainer students.

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#3

Dodge City Community College

Dodge City, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$4,506 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dodge City Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Dodge City, Kansas, and it awarded 7 associates’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dodge City Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $4,506 for plains states region associate degree athletic trainer students per year to attend Dodge City Community College.

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#4

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#4 in overall quality

$13,895 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Butler Community College is a public institution located in El Dorado, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Butler CC also made our “Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,895 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Athletic Trainer students per year to attend Butler Community College.

Read more about Athletic Training at Butler Community College

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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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