2023 Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Athletic Trainer for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,767 people earned their degree in athletic training, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 288 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent athletic training programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the athletic training program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Athletic Trainer for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Athletic Trainer for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree vets studying athletic trainer.
Top 1 Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Athletic Trainer for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northampton County Area Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 associates’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
Northampton Community College also made our “Best Athletic Training Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1.Among the 8,951 students enrolled at Northampton County Area Community College, 223 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,086. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northampton Community College]](/colleges/northampton-county-area-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.