Athletic Training at George Mason University

What traits are you looking for in a athletic trainer school? To help you decide if George Mason University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's athletic trainer program.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. Of the 555 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 13 of them were athletic training majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Athletic Training section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Athletic Training Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Trainer
• Master’s Degree in Athletic Trainer

GMU Athletic Training Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks athletic trainer programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The athletic trainer major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Athletic Training. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Athletic Training Schools	23
Most Popular Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools	37
Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools	78
	83
Best Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Focused Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools	127
Best Value Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools	129
	145
Best Value Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154
Best Value Athletic Training Schools	274

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in athletic trainer from GMU. This makes it the #37 most popular school for athletic trainer master’s degree candidates in the country.

Athletic Trainer Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the athletic trainer majors at George Mason University.

GMU Athletic Training Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in athletic trainer from GMU. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. The typical athletic trainer bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its athletic trainer bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in athletic trainer.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GMU Athletic Training Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in Athletic Training from GMU in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a athletic trainer master's degree from GMU, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the athletic trainer master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in athletic trainer.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GMU also has a doctoral program available in athletic trainer. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Athletic Trainer Grads May Go Into

A degree in athletic trainer can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Athletic Trainers	790	$48,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.