The 50 colleges that score highest for Sports medicine and athletic training on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $79,411 · 318 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Emory University | GA | Median earnings $86,719 · 85 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $93,521 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $74,871 · 217 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Stony Brook University | NY | Median earnings $103,656 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Median earnings $81,110 · 86 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $60,497 · 143 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $63,286 · 393 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $73,014 · 328 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $62,888 · 549 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $56,289 · 76 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $61,223 · 250 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $67,782 · 188 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | Median earnings $67,947 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $66,396 · 222 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $66,580 · 329 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Rice University | TX | Median earnings $87,404 · 32 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $62,362 · 180 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $67,275 · 281 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Wake Forest University | NC | Median earnings $79,599 · 101 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $59,827 · 214 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $68,675 · 410 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $72,724 · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | Median earnings $67,455 · 262 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $45,013 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $65,098 (field-wide) · 418 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $74,472 · 72 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $68,219 · 150 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | University of Iowa | IA | Median earnings $62,288 · 555 graduates last year · 10% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $57,020 · 398 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $67,240 · 298 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $60,931 · 82 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $73,238 · 140 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $59,522 · 407 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $57,442 · 250 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Saint Louis University | MO | Median earnings $77,168 · 137 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | University of San Francisco | CA | Median earnings $143,356 (field-wide) · 42 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $51,273 · 112 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $74,966 · 233 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $56,413 · 206 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | William & Mary | VA | Median earnings $68,992 · 122 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | University of Dayton | OH | Median earnings $63,592 · 22 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | Median earnings $100,680 · 69 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $65,542 · 186 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Hofstra University | NY | Median earnings $88,238 · 77 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $73,861 · 76 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Texas Christian University | TX | Median earnings $84,086 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | James Madison University | VA | Median earnings $63,065 · 317 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $60,488 · 115 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Mercer University | GA | Median earnings $80,195 (field-wide) · 25 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees |
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