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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 90 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree athletic trainer students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$11,397 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bridgewater State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Bridgewater, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Bridgewater State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bridgewater State are $11,397, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 8 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

$33,535 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s athletic trainer students in 2019-2020.

Springfield College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Springfield College are $33,535.

Read more about Athletic Training at Springfield College

#4

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$31,296 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Athletic Trainer Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Merrimack College landed the #4 spot on the list. North Andover, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s athletic trainer degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Merrimack also took the #2 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack College are $31,296.

Read full report on Athletic Training at Merrimack

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training (With Aid)

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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