2025 Best Athletic Training Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio

Athletic Training is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #150 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for athletic training students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 bachelor's degrees in athletic training during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to athletic training students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other athletic training students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized athletic training related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for athletic training students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Athletic Training Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Athletic Training Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Athletic Training in Ohio

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in athletic training.

Top Ohio Schools for a Bachelor's in Athletic Trainer

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

24 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in athletic training needs to take a look at Ohio State University - Main Campus. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in athletic training from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

Capital University
Columbus, OH

10 Annual Graduates

Capital University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in athletic training. Capital is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Columbus.More information about a bachelor’s in athletic training from Capital University

Best Athletic Training Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Athletic Training Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	83
Illinois	558	68
Indiana	535	25
Wisconsin	435	45

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Rankings in Majors Related to Athletic Trainer

Athletic Training is one of 23 different types of Allied Health Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Respiratory Care Therapy	123
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	93
Physician Assistant	34
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	30
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	22
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.