Athletic Training

• Great facilities. The McPhee/Olson Physical Education Center is an outstanding facility with six gymnasia including an indoor 200-meter track, a competition-size swimming pool, eight racquetball courts, a spacious weight training and fitness center, a sports medicine/athletic training room, dance studio, a health promotion laboratory and a computer laboratory. Outdoor facilities include a 400-meter track, tennis courts and jogging and fitness trails.
• Outstanding pre-professional experiences. Students can participate in a wide variety of pre-professional experiences such as, student-faculty collaboration and research, job shadowing and mentoring with area professionals, K-12 observations and teacher assisting, coaching and health promotion apprenticeships, attend regional professional meetings and workshops, clinics and workshops to obtain additional certifications and licensures, work at summer sport camps, or participating in the community fitness program just to name a few.
• Culminating capstone opportunities. All degree programs provide capstone experiences including internships or student teaching experiences. Internship opportunities are available throughout the United States in a wide array of public and private settings.
• National accreditation. The Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). All students that graduate from the ATEP and meet the criteria established by CAATE will qualify to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) national certification examination. Successful completion of the BOC examination allows the individual to become a Certified Athletic Trainer and eligible for state licensure.

Athletic Training Fact Sheet