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Athletic Training

    Master of Athletic Training, 3+2 Accelerated, 2-Year Post Baccalaureate
    Erie, Pennsylvania

2025 Quality Improvement Award

CAATE recognizes a program’s use of a structured, data-driven process to evaluate systems and outcomes that include identifying areas for improvement, selecting and implementing measurable changes, and analyzing changes to ensure progression toward established quality improvement project benchmarks.

Program Overview

Gannon University’s Master of Athletic Training program prepares students to deliver patient-centered health care through classroom and clinical education experiences. Students will study essential topics including injury prevention, clinical examination and diagnosis, acute care of injuries and illnesses, and more. Students will also be well prepared to sit for the national certification examination through the Board of Certification Inc. Athletic trainers work within a variety of health care settings including universities, hospitals and physician offices, industrial settings, performing arts, and more.

What Makes Us Special

Our Curriculum is designed with you in mind. It is centered on student learning theory and sequentially designed courses to prioritize your well-being and professional development. You will gain significant didactic and hands-on experience as you matriculate toward autonomy while preparing to pass the Board of Certification exam and provide excellent evidence-based, patient-centered care. The entire curriculum is less than two years and can be offered as a stand-alone 2-year master's degree or as part of an accelerated 5-year plan resulting in a Bachelor’s and Master’s.

Clinical Experiences progress in a manner to help develop your skills in professional settings on live patients with the goal of preparing you to work independently after graduation. Students participate in clinical experiences at local universities, including ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ’s nationally recognized athletic program, local public and private high schools, and two regional hospitals with multiple physicians’ offices in general and surgical orthopedics and general practitioners. Students may also engage in an immersive experience in any setting they choose, anywhere in the country or abroad. 

Our Facilities offer advanced technology for therapeutic modalities, motion and gait analysis, balance rehabilitation, diagnostic imaging, and patient simulation. We have a program-dedicated lab, shared labs with other interprofessional health professions, a high fidelity-interactive simulation center, and a human performance research lab. Interprofessional collaboration is a mainstay at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, radiological sciences, respiratory therapy, physician assistant, and speech language pathology, and biomedical engineering programs. 

Our students have been very successful over the past several years with 100% of our students passing the national certification exam and 100% obtaining employment in athletic training within a few months of graduation. They have won several national awards and had articles published in professional journals.

Keep Your Summer! We have limited summer requirements compared to most other programs and have several clinical experiences that enable you to travel anywhere in the country you would like to learn.

 

How Do We Stack Up?

National BOC Exam Pass Rate ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ MAT Pennsylvania AT Programs Average National AT Programs Average
2024 100% 84% 87%
2023 100% 86% 88%
2022 100% 89% 91%
2021 100% 93% 92%
2020 95% 95% 94%
2019 91% 98% 95%
2018 85% 99% 94%

*Source: Data submitted directly from athletic training programs via annual eAccreditation reports.

Annual In-State Tuition ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ MAT Private Pennsylvania AT Programs Average Public Pennsylvania AT Programs Average National AT Programs Average
2024 $21,600 $28,457 $17,951 $19,454

*Source: Data submitted directly from athletic training programs via annual eAccreditation reports.

Annual Out-Of-State Tuition ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ MAT Pennsylvania AT Programs Average National AT Programs Average
2024 $21,600 $28,078 $28,247

*Source: Data submitted directly from athletic training programs via annual eAccreditation reports.

Professional Possibilities 

Our educational opportunities prepare students for the future:

  • Secure a career in a growing field with diverse opportunities that include employment in universities, hospitals, physicians’ and physical therapy clinics, performing arts, professional sports, military, industrial settings, and more.
  • The national average salary, as reported by the NATA salary survey in 2022, was $61,998, with the Bureau of Labor statistics projecting 14% through 2032.

MAT Program Goals (Program-Oriented)

The goal of the Master of Athletic Training Program is to:  

  1. Produce quality students who are prepared to transition and become excellent entry-level professionals and leaders in accordance with professional standards, responsibilities, and guidelines. 
  2. Promote and support excellence in academic and clinical teaching and learning by providing a safe and motivational learning environment. 
  3. Provide support and promote the field of athletic training in the community. 
  4. Promote, support, and participate in interprofessional and collaborative practice. 

 

Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)

The Master of Athletic Training Program at Gannon University is accredited by the (CAATE). The curriculum prepares students to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) exam.

Our Faculty Experts

John Roberts

Assistant Professor
Athletic Training

Program Director
Athletic Training

Erin Shuss

Assistant Professor
Athletic Training

Coordinator of Clinical Edu.
Athletic Training

Rebecca Mokris

Associate Dean MCHPS
Col.Health Professions & Sci.

Adjunct Faculty
Athletic Training

Kathleen Roberts

Adjunct Faculty
Athletic Training