2025 Best Athletic Training Schools in the New England Region
7Colleges in the New England Region
163Athletic Trainer Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in athletic training, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #187 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Athletic Training Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 163 degrees in athletic training annually.
Your choice of athletic training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for athletic training schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
The athletic trainer school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Athletic Training Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Athletic Training in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the athletic trainer degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top New England Region Schools in Athletic Trainer
Quinnipiac University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in athletic training. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hamden. A Best Colleges rank of #162 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Quinnipiac is a great university overall.
There were about 25 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent data year.
Springfield College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in athletic training. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Springfield College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #395 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Springfield College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 18 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Springfield College in the most recent year we have data available.
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University of New England is a great choice for students interested in a degree in athletic training. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 11 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at UNE in the most recent year we have data available.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in athletic training. Located in the fringe town of Durham, UNH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNH is a great university overall.
There were about 9 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent year we have data available.
Westfield is a small public university located in the large suburb of Westfield. This university ranks 29th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 6 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Westfield in the most recent data year.
Colby - Sawyer is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the remote area of New London. This college ranks 11th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 2 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Colby - Sawyer in the most recent year we have data available.
Merrimack is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of North Andover. This college ranks 44th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 20 athletic training students who graduated with this degree at Merrimack 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for athletic training schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
