by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,767 people earned their degree in athletic training, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 117 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in athletic training. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in athletic training.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Billings, Montana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s athletic trainer students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s athletic trainer students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Brigham Young University - Provo Athletic Training Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 14 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Athletic Training at University of Northern Colorado
Southern Utah University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school situated in Cedar City, Utah. It awarded 1 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Athletic Training at Southern Utah University
Weber State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Weber State University is a large school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 8 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Colorado Mesa University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s athletic trainer students in 2020-2021.
The University of Montana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado State University - Pueblo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado State University - Pueblo is located in Pueblo, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Athletic Training at Colorado State University - Pueblo
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