Athletic Training at James Madison University

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

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in athletic trainer from JMU.

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.

JMU Athletic Training Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Trainer

JMU Athletic Training Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the athletic trainer progam at JMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 JMU 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
Best Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Athletic Training Schools	21
	31
Most Popular Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Value Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
	76
Most Popular Athletic Training Schools	82
Best Value Athletic Training Schools	134
Most Focused Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Most Focused Athletic Training Schools	243

Athletic Trainer Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Athletic Training Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 athletic trainer majors earned their bachelor's degree from JMU. Of these graduates, 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in athletic trainer at JMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Physician Assistant

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 James Madison 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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.