07/21/2026
Athletic training is an AMA-recognized profession dedicated to preventing, examining, treating, and rehabilitating injuries and illnesses. Athletic trainers provide health care across the lifespan for amateur and professional athletics teams, occupational settings, tactical groups (ie police, military), performing arts, and medical facilities. The profession is in a period of rapid growth in terms of the number of positions available with an expected increase of 17% over the next ten years according to the US Bureau of Statistics and a 14.6% increase in Connecticut alone.
Students start their graduate athletic training studies during the first summer after admission into the graduate athletic program. The subsequent study follows the traditional fall and spring semester schedule, with each semester divided into 8-week block scheduling. One 8-week block is devoted to a period of concentrated classroom study with the second 8-week block dedicated to an immersive clinical experience under the supervision of program-approved preceptors.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Coleman, Program Coordinator, at [email protected]
