2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Virginia, there were 112 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Virginia

#1

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$23,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shenandoah University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winchester, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Shenandoah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah University are $23,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Athletic Training at Shenandoah

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

GMU also made our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GMU Athletic Training Report

#3

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$33,288 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #3 spot on the list. Old Dominion University is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Old Dominion also made our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Old Dominion are $33,288, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Athletic Training at Old Dominion

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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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