by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Athletic Training is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,408 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 500 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in athletic training. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in athletic training.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree athletic trainer students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, WellSpring School of Allied Health - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified associates’s athletic trainer students in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s athletic trainer students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dodge City Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region. Dodge City Community College is a small school located in Dodge City, Kansas that handed out 1 associates’s athletic trainer degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region list. Barton Community College is a small public school situated in Great Bend, Kansas. It awarded 7 associates’s athletic trainer degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region list. Western Nebraska Community College is a small school located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska that handed out 0 associates’s athletic trainer degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s athletic trainer students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region list. Butler Community College is located in El Dorado, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s athletic trainer degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Independence Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Independence, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s athletic trainer degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Independence Community College Athletic Training Report
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