2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Athletic Training is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 4,467 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Minnesota, there were 92 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in athletic training. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent athletic training programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the athletic training program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #2 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletic Training Report

#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s athletic trainer students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bethel University Minnesota, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Athletic Training at Bethel University Minnesota

#3

The College of Saint Scholastica

Duluth, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$15,502 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Scholastica. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k list. St. Scholastica is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Scholastica, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The College of Saint Scholastica are $15,502, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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