SPORTS MEDICINE
Certificate of Achievement
The Sports Medicine certificate is designed to provide students with opportunities to acquire the basis of knowledge, skills, and abilities for a potential career in sports medicine and/or athletic training.— Show Full Program Details
SPORTS MEDICINE Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Athletic Trainers
Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 45,380
- High salary: 84,100
- Average salary: 60250
Clinical Neuropsychologists
Post-doctoral training
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 51,410
- High salary: 163,570
- Average salary: 117580
Coaches and Scouts
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 27,490
- High salary: 93,980
- Average salary: 45920
All Careers in SPORTS MEDICINE (7)
| Clinical Neuropsychologists | Post-doctoral training | Stable | 117,580 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuropsychologists | Post-doctoral training, Doctoral degree | Stable | 117,580 |
| Psychologists, All Other | - n/a | - n/a | 117,580 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Rising | 105,620 |
| Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training | Stable | 80,330 |
| Athletic Trainers | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 60,250 |
| Coaches and Scouts | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 45,920 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Apply critical thinking to utilize protocols and employ skills needed for immediate care of injuries, including administering emergency care.
- Apply general principles of exercise and fitness to various populations.
- Identify and describe the principles and protocols of athletic training during sports activities with an emphasis on prevention, care, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation.
- Recognize various career opportunities in the field of human movement and be prepared to transfer into university degree programs in related fields including but not limited to athletic training, physical therapy, and orthopedics.