2024 Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in Kansas

If you plan on getting your associate degree in athletic training, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #381 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of athletic training. Combined, these schools handed out 3 associate degrees in athletic training to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Athletic Training School for Your Associate Degree

The athletic trainer associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality athletic trainer program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on athletic training students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other athletic training students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized athletic training related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for athletic training students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in Kansas.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Athletic Training in Kansas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in athletic training.

Top Kansas Schools for an Associate in Athletic Trainer

1

Barton County Community College
Great Bend, KS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in athletic training needs to take a look at Barton County Community College. Located in the rural area of Great Bend, Barton Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in athletic training from Barton County Community College

2

Dodge City Community College
Dodge City, KS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in athletic training has to take a look at Dodge City Community College. Located in the remote town of Dodge City, Dodge City Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in athletic training from Dodge City Community College

3

Butler Community College
El Dorado, KS

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in athletic training has to take a look at Butler Community College. Located in the distant town of El Dorado, Butler CC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in athletic training from Butler Community College

Best Athletic Training Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Athletic Training Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	6
Missouri	210	21
Nebraska	163	0

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Athletic Training Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Allied Health Professions area of study, Athletic Training has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Athletic Trainer

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Respiratory Care Therapy	96
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	77
Surgical Technology	66
Radiologic Technology	65
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	46
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.