2023 Best Athletic Training Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Athletic Trainer” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Athletic Training is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,767 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across South Carolina, there were 65 athletic training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Athletic Trainer” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in athletic training. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality athletic training programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the athletic training program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Athletic Trainer

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina vets studying athletic trainer.

Top 2 Best Athletic Training Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

1,609 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$8,453 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Athletic Trainer that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 40 ’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.

UofSC also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, University of South Carolina - Columbia supports 35,470 students, and 1,609 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 651 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,453. In addition to receiving other benefits, 33 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UofSC]](/colleges/university-of-south-carolina-columbia/student-life/veterans/)

2

Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina

416 GI Bill® Students**

$8,514 Average GI Bill® Award

$41,504 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winthrop University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Athletic Trainer list. Winthrop University is a medium-sized public school situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It awarded 11 ’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.

Winthrop not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 5,576 students enrolled at Winthrop, 416 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 120 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,514. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Winthrop does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Winthrop]](/colleges/winthrop-university/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

Footnotes

• *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.