Athletic Training

Application Requirements

Admission to the MAT program is selective. Two routes of admission are available. For both routes, applicants must complete all of the required prerequisite courses (see program website for details).

One route is for students in their final semester of undergraduate coursework or students that have already earned a bachelor’s degree. The second route enables current BGSU undergraduates to apply to the program as an accelerated, pre-master’s student. This second option requires a minimum 3.0 GPA after 90 undergraduate credits or 3.2 GPA after 75 credits. These applicants may forego the GRE submission. For this route, seniors may enroll in six graduate credit hours which may be used toward the curriculum requirements of the graduate program when receiving at least a B grade in those courses. If these requirements, as well as the requirements listed below, are all successfully completed, the student will automatically advance to the graduate program upon completion of the bachelor’s degree.

A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required for admission and must be maintained. Applicants are required to submit scanned copies of official or unofficial transcripts from all institutions attended. Upon admission, final official or notarized copies of transcripts from all institutions where degrees were earned and diplomas from international institutions must be submitted. Before beginning the MAT program, admitted students must also provide documentation of a current ADA technical standards (see website), up-to-date immunizations, TB testing, BCI background check, and current emergency cardiac care certification.

Applicants are required to submit official scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).* This requirement will be waived for applicants with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher. Two letters of recommendation and a personal statement are also required. Finally, applicants must provide evidence of 40 hours of observation under the supervision of a Certified Athletic Trainer, demonstrate completion of AT technical standards, and complete a formal interview before being accepted to the MAT program.

International applicants are also required to submit scores from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTEA), or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Successful completion of ELS 112 will also be accepted for this requirement.