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About this field

This professional health care career path requires an advanced degree beyond the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences.

Athletic trainers are allied health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Athletic trainers can work in a variety of settings with a range of patients. Job settings of the athletic trainer include college/university, secondary schools, clinic, hospital, professional sports, and emerging settings (performing arts, public safety, military, and occupational health).

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Degree Requirement

Currently some Bachelor’s programs exist, but by 2022 all athletic training programs must transition to a master’s degree or end their bachelor’s degree program. The bachelor’s and master’s degree must come from a CAATE-accredited program. A master’s degree in Athletic Training (MAT) requires the student to obtain a bachelor’s degree prior to admissions into an MAT program.

Typical Prerequisites Needed for Admissions to a Master’s in Athletic Training Program

• 1 year of human anatomy and physiology courses with labs
• 1 year of chemistry courses with labs
• 1 year of physics courses with labs
• 1 general biology course with lab
• 1 general psychology course

NOTE: Students are strongly encouraged to determine the exact MAT prerequisites for a program by visiting that program’s website. The link provided below shows all accredited athletic training programs.

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Why choose Health Sciences as a bachelor鈥檚 degree?

In addition to offering a strong background in orthopedic assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation, the Health Sciences degree also provides a great degree of flexibility in course options for the student.  Courses with content such as musculoskeletal evaluation, therapeutic interventions, kinesiology, and medical disease and illness provide the student with a strong foundation for the athletic training program of study.  The degree offers flexibility by allowing the student to take 9 hours outside of the health science area.  When combined with core requirements, students should be able to meet all the typical prerequisites of the average athletic training degree program.