2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Illinois
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Athletic Training is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,408 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Illinois, there were 128 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,827 and $47,424 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in athletic training. That schools that top this list have a program in athletic training in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree athletic trainer students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Athletic Training in Illinois
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, North Park University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Park University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 8 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity International University - Illinois. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Illinois. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s athletic trainer students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Trinity International University - Illinois Athletic Training Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Athletic Trainer Major in Illinois list. Located in Springfield, Illinois, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s athletic trainer students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
