If you plan on majoring in athletic training, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #187 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Athletic Training Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 degrees in athletic training during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of athletic training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for athletic training schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Athletic Training Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the athletic trainer degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Union University if you wish to pursue a degree in athletic training. Located in the city of Jackson, Union is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #579 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Union is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Union in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Middle Tennessee State University if you wish to pursue a degree in athletic training. Located in the city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #866 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Middle Tennessee State University is a great university overall.
There were about 14 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in athletic training needs to check out Lee University. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Cleveland. This university ranks 15th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 7 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in athletic training has to take a look at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Chattanooga. This university ranks 16th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 15 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent data year.
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).