Best SEC Schools for Athletic Training?

Gator88NE
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 01:17:21 +0000

Note that the University of Florida will accept its last undergraduate athletic training students in summer 2019, eliminating the bachelor’s program in athletic training.

The UF Faculty Senate voted unanimously yesterday to terminate the Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training program. The Strategic Alliance, which is made up of four organizations in the athletic training profession, mandated that accredited programs no longer accept students in a bachelor’s-level program after fall 2022. Programs must either terminate their bachelor’s programs or transition to a master’s program, according to Patricia Tripp, the athletic training program director.

https://www.wuft.org/news/2017/11/14/uf-to-eliminate-undergraduate-athletic-training-program-replaces-with-doctoral-only-path/

Many other schools are also transitioning to a master’s program. A lot of good info in the above link.

UF, outside of Vanderbilt, is the strongest, academically, of the SEC schools. It’s College of Health and Human Performance (HHP) is excellent, but the programs within HHP are very competitive. Please do your research!

UF isn’t as southern as many of the SEC schools, it does have one of the top athletic departments in country and the best in the SEC. It doesn’t offer much in OOS scholarships. A 30 ACT isn’t an issue, but UF uses holistic admissions. They put more importance on GPA/course rigor, than test scores. and they put some importance on your ECs, etc. See the UF forum for more details.

Good Luck!