2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Athletic Training

ATHLETIC TRAINING DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Athletic training is not a vastly popular subject. Each major hands out around 6,200 four-year degrees a year; last spring, 3,597 people were awarded undergraduate degrees in athletic training, making it the 100th most popular subject in the United States. Sacred Heart University​ conferred more of those degrees than any other U.S. institution (117). Schools in Pennsylvania accounted for more degrees than any American State (278).

Bachelor's degrees in athletic training are offered at 347 colleges nationwide; therefore, finding the right institution for you might be hard. 80.8% more institutions offer undergrad degrees in athletic training than the average field, making it the 65th most broadly available degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 74% of last year's degrees in athletic training were undergrad degrees; 26% were postgrad degrees. Athletic training is the 108th most popular advanced degree in the nation, with 1,239 degrees granted. To put that in context, the average subject is 2.2 times more popular among postgrads than athletic training.

In Total, 4,836 students received a bachelor's or higher in athletic training last year.

ONLINE ATHLETIC TRAINING DEGREES

151 of those 4,836 graduates (3.1%) came through comprehensively remote programs - 50 undergraduates and 101 postgrad students. As you likely can see, it's rather rare to find an American studying athletic training online. It is presently the 154th most in-demand online subject, and 89.6% south of the national average of 481 students per subject. For postgrads, it ranks 134th, and is 83.6% shy of the nation's average (616).

Bryan University​ granted more online four-year degrees in athletic training than any other school in the USA (50).

Additionally, Colleges from Arizona awarded the most online undergraduate degrees in athletic training last May (50). Arizona alone graduates 100% of the nation's remote students.

Only 1.4% of all undergraduate degrees in athletic training are completed entirely online, (8.2% for postgraduate degrees). Bryan University's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of online athletic training majors than any other US college (80.65%).

Only one college countrywide awards a college degree in athletic training totally online, making it the 65th most broadly available online U.S. degree. Less than 1% of the schools providing the degree even have a remote option, and all institutions handing out the degree online are private.

If you hope to study athletic training and are good at time management, we suggest you check out Bryan University, as it has the 120th best athletic training program in the country. They also award an additional 13 degrees online, so their systems are likely dependable. Additionally, they have 1,115 remote undergrads, which is 100% of their student body.

PARTIALLY ONLINE ATHLETIC TRAINING DEGREES

• 843 people earned a four-year degree in athletic training partially online last year
• Athletic training is the 52nd most broadly offered partially online undergraduate degree around the nation
• 23.44% of all college degree in athletic training are completed partially online
• Sacred Heart University's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of partially online athletic training majors than any other US institution (2.54%)
• 1,239 students received partially online graduate degrees in athletic training last May
• The typical subject is offered partially online at approximately 154 institutions

IN-PERSON ATHLETIC TRAINING DEGREES

• Athletic training is the 94th most pursued completely in-person college degree in the USA
• In-person bachelor's degrees in athletic training are available at 9 institutions across the country
• 75.17% of all undergraduate degree in athletic training are done entirely in-person
• Sacred Heart University​ granted more in-person bachelor's degrees in athletic training than any other US school (81)
• 871 students completed completely in-person grad degrees in athletic training last spring
• 70.3% of all advanced degrees in athletic training are done comprehensively in-person