Athletic Training is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #187 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Athletic Training Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 131 degrees in athletic training to qualified students.
Your choice of athletic training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Athletic Training School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Athletic Training Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the athletic trainer degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in athletic training has to look into Stony Brook University. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Stony Brook. A Best Colleges rank of #153 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SUNY Stony Brook is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available.
Daemen College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in athletic training. Located in the suburb of Amherst, Daemen College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 74th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 7 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Daemen College in the most recent data year.
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SUNY Plattsburgh is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in athletic training. SUNY Plattsburgh is a small public school located in the distant town of Plattsburgh. This school ranks 101st out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 45 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Plattsburgh in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of athletic training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Athletic Training School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
