2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

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

Across Michigan, there were 139 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in athletic training. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great athletic training programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the athletic training program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Michigan (With Aid)

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WMU Athletic Training Report

#3

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Eastern Michigan Athletic Training Report

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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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