by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Athletic Training is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,767 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 319 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 13 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 colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree athletic trainer students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in North Andover, Massachusetts, and it awarded 25 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region. Plymouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sacred Heart University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region list. Sacred Heart University is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 6 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bridgewater, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #5 spot on the list. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 15 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Springfield College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region ranking. Springfield College is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Connecticut landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 5 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Central Connecticut State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region ranking. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, University of Southern Maine did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 9 masters’s athletic trainer 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%.
Read full report on Athletic Training at University of Southern Maine
University of Vermont did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. UVM is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 ranking of #8, Endicott College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Southern Connecticut State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Southern Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 3 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of New England came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the New England Region ranking. University of New England is a private not-for-profit institution located in Biddeford, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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