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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Minnesota, there were 92 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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 Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree athletic trainer students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Minnesota

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788.

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#2

The College of Saint Scholastica

Duluth, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$15,502 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Scholastica landed the #2 spot on the list. The College of Saint Scholastica is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Scholastica, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Scholastica are $15,502, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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