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Athletic Training
Athletic Training
Master helping others before and after injury
The athletic training curriculum at Oregon State prepares you to become a certified and licensed athletic trainer.
Once you successfully earn your degree in athletic training from our accredited program, you will be eligible to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination. BOC certification (ATC) is the entry-level credential to work as an athletic trainer.
As an athletic trainer, you will collaborate with physicians and other health care professionals to provide preventive services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions.
Learn more about the success of OSU athletic training students on the BOC examination and in job placement.
50 years of impact
For five decades, Oregon State’s Athletic Training program has trained some of the country’s most competent, high-profile, caring AT professionals.
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates a 13% increase in job growth for athletic trainers from 2023-2033 – much faster than the average growth rate for all occupations
Athletic trainers work in a variety of settings, including:
- College and university sports
- High school sports
- Professional sports
- Sports medicine clinics, physician offices, and hospitals
- Performing arts
- Industry (factories, distribution centers)
- Military
- Public safety (police and fire departments)
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Earn your Master of Athletic Training degree
The athletic training degree at Oregon State University is a CAATE accredited master’s level degree.
Clinical education spotlights
Western Oregon University Football
Lisa Hall, an athletic training student, gains hands-on experience providing injury assessment and rehabilitation support for Western Oregon University football athletes while pursuing her master's degree in athletic training at Oregon State.
Oregon State University Athletics
Mason Fox's clinical experience with OSU Athletics included creating rehabilitation plans to supporting athletes at the Sun Bowl, PAC-12 Wrestling Championship, and NCAA Baseball Regionals.
Seattle Seahawks
Athletic training student Molly Mattson gains valuable experience at the Seattle Seahawks NFL summer training camp, preparing for a career in collegiate football athletic training.
How we’re different
Our program has maintained over 50 years of continuous accreditation. Hundreds of students have graduated from the program. We continue to evolve as the athletic training profession grows.
In the classroom and the clinic, you will be exposed to different perspectives on how to provide care to patients. You will learn how our preceptors embrace holistic care for their athletes and patients. You will learn how faculty have embraced a public health model that prioritizes population level health.
We are dedicated to helping students succeed and reach their goals. Being part of the program will help you see athletic training through a new lens and will experience a wide variety of opportunities to make a broad impact.
Kim Hannigan, PhD, ATC
Clinical Associate Professor
“Athletic trainers have the unique opportunity to work with patients and athletes on an almost daily basis. They not only treat injuries, but many times can prevent them from occurring in the first place.”
Athletic training stories and news
Athletic training excellence
Celebrating 50 years of continuous accreditation and shaping leaders in the field
A heart on fire for athletic training
An internship with the Seattle Seahawks solidified her love for the field.
With NFL internships, athletic training students stand out in their field
Learn about these two students and their NFL internships and their experience in Oregon State’s athletic training program in this Synergies Q&A.
Creativity, collaboration and grit
Internships in the time of COVID-19. Hands-on experiences such as internships are key to students’ learning. But what happens when much of the work force is working from home?
Athletic training alumna shares advice for women in the field
Alumna Lyn Nakagawa, MS, ATC, CSCS, was selected by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association to share her athletic training journey, inspirations and advice for fellow athletic trainers — particularly women — on the NATA Now blog.
Partners in care
Samaritan Health Services and Oregon State athletic training program collaborate to educate health care leaders of tomorrow
Mission, goals, and graduate learning outcomes
View the OSU athletic training program's mission, goals and graduate learning outcomes.
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Accreditation
From 1974 to 2017 OSU had an accredited undergraduate athletic training program. In the summer of 2016, the first cohort of students started in the new professional master’s program in athletic training.
The new master’s program was granted accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) in the summer of 2017 and in the summer of 2022 received 10 years of continuing accreditation through 2031-2032.