by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Athletic Training is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,767 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 109 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in athletic training. That schools that top this list have a program in athletic training in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The athletic trainer school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia bachelor’s degree athletic trainer students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Longwood University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia list. Farmville, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory and Henry College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia. Emory and Henry College is located in Emory, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Athletic Training at Emory and Henry College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia list. This large school is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Radford University landed the #4 spot on the list. Radford, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s athletic trainer students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Liberty University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #6. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bridgewater College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia list. Bridgewater College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgewater, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Lynchburg did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia list. Lynchburg is a small school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 12 bachelors’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Athletic Training at University of Lynchburg
Roanoke College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Virginia ranking. Roanoke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salem, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
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