Athletic Training at San Diego State University

If you plan to study athletic training, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 35 athletic trainer majors received their bachelor's degree from SDSU.

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.

SDSU Athletic Training Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Trainer

SDSU Athletic Training Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The athletic trainer major at SDSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Athletic Training Schools	10
	16
Best Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	51
Best Athletic Training Schools	54
Best Value Athletic Training Schools	81
Most Focused Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Focused Athletic Training Schools	195

Athletic Trainer Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the athletic trainer majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Athletic Training Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 athletic trainer majors earned their bachelor's degree from SDSU. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in athletic trainer.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SDSU 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Athletic Trainers	1,240	$58,060

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.