Athletic Training at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year.

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.

Sacred Heart Athletic Training Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Trainer

Sacred Heart Athletic Training Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks athletic trainer programs across the country. The following shows how Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart 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 Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Athletic Training Trade Schools	1
Most Focused Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
Most Focused Athletic Training Trade Schools	10
Best Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	73
Best Athletic Training Trade Schools	78
Best Value Athletic Training Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
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Best Value Athletic Training Schools	188
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Athletic Trainer Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Athletic Training Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 99 athletic trainer majors earned their bachelor's degree from Sacred Heart. Of these graduates, 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in athletic trainer at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University with a bachelor's in athletic trainer.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	81
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Radiologic Technology
• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Athletic Trainers	210	$58,920

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.