What is Athletic Training?

Athletic training is a healthcare profession focused on preventing, diagnosing, and treating injuries and medical conditions related to physical activity. Athletic trainers work directly with athletes and active individuals across schools, colleges, clinics, and professional sports organizations.

Why study Athletic Training?

Athletic training is ideal for students who want a hands-on healthcare career that blends movement science, medicine, and patient care. You develop clinical skills, medical knowledge, decision-making under pressure, and the ability to work as part of a healthcare team.

This field appeals to students who enjoy sports, health, science, and working directly with people. Athletic trainers play a critical role in injury prevention, rehabilitation, performance support, and long-term wellness on the athletic field, in clinical settings, and with a wide variety of industries through occupational health.

Why study for Athletic Training at Beloit College?

In Beloit College’s dual degree program, you complete your undergraduate education at Beloit College and earn a Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) in an accelerated timeline. You graduate prepared to pass national certification and enter a fast-growing healthcare field.

Beloit College’s accelerated five-year pathway allows you to earn both your bachelor’s degree and a Master of Science in Athletic Training through a guaranteed-admission partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. You begin at Beloit College with small classes, close faculty mentorship, and personalized advising while completing prerequisite coursework and the health sciences major. Many students gain early, hands-on experience as student assistants with Beloit College’s Athletic Training team, building confidence and professional awareness from their first year on campus.

Throughout your undergraduate years, Beloit College’s Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) provides individualized guidance on academic planning, application strategy, interview readiness, and internship selection and shadowing experiences. This layered advising ensures you enter graduate study with clarity, support, and a strong professional foundation.

Once you meet the required GPA and coursework benchmarks, you transition directly into UW–Milwaukee’s two-year Master of Science in Athletic Training program, where your clinical training deepens and your preparation for national certification begins. Clinical placement during your second year of MSAT training affords you the opportunity to study and gain clinical experience at many locations nationwide.

By combining early clinical exposure, a seamless pathway into graduate school, and intensive professional advising, Beloit College prepares you to move confidently into the MSAT program and the athletic training profession. You graduate with two degrees in five years, real clinical experience, and the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly growing healthcare field.