Online Doctor of Athletic Training Degree

Professional doctorateDATDoctor of Athletic Training

Overview

A 42-credit online Doctor of Athletic Training for certified athletic trainers with a master's degree, with clinical practice and clinical research tracks. Classes are asynchronous with no required residencies, and students must show ongoing work as an athletic trainer each semester.

Official program name: Online Doctor of Athletic Training Degree
Awarded degree: Doctor of Athletic Training
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Degree level: Doctoral — professional doctorate
University: Ohio University
Administering location: Athens, OHWhere the university or its administering campus is located. Study is online; this is not a residency requirement and does not decide whether you may enroll from your state.
Subject: Health Sciences
Specializations: Clinical Practice Track · Clinical Research Track
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Required credits: minimum of 42 credit hours
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Duration: as few as 4 semestersA minimum under the stated conditions, not a typical length.
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Start terms: Fall, Spring, Summer
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

Fully online professional doctorate for credentialed athletic trainers; no campus visits required.

Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

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Online format and attendance

“Online” is not one format. Delivery, campus visits, practical placements and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the university states it.

Academic delivery: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the institution states no required on-site activity for this program.
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Campus visits: No mandatory campus visits
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Practical placement: Placement requirement: not verified
Class schedule: Asynchronous
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Study intensity: Not verified

In-person and practical requirements as published

Residency Not required
No required residencies
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Curriculum

Capstone

Clinical practice track: capstone project applicable to the student's work setting; clinical research track: original research resulting in a publishable manuscript
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Specializations, concentrations and tracks

Clinical Practice Track
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Clinical Research Track
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Prior degree: RequiredGraduate of a CAATE-accredited master's program, or a credentialed athletic trainer with a master's degree in a related area
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Professional license: RequiredBOC athletic trainer certification (or equivalent) and appropriate state credential; NPI number for U.S. applicants
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 3 — Master's degree with a GPA of 3.0
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Work experience: RequiredEvidence of full- or part-time work as an athletic trainer each semester
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Résumé / CV: RequiredResume or curriculum vitae
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
In-state — Ohio resident	$571	per creditEstimated tuition$23,982 = 42 credits × $571 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required visits or placements, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Out-of-state — Out of state	$593	per creditEstimated tuition$24,906 = 42 credits × $593 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required visits or placements, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Scholarships and financial aid

Awards published by the university for this program or for online students at this level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; financial aid availability does not make a program “fully funded”. Scholarships & funding guide

OHIO Online Incentive Scholarship Tuition discount
15% of tuition
Eligibility: Active or veteran military members, Ohio University alumni, or employees of corporate partners
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026
OHIO Online Incentive Scholarship (military and veterans) Tuition discount
10% of tuition for eligible online undergraduate programs; 15% for eligible online graduate programs
Eligibility: Current active duty, guardsmen, reservists and veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces; similar incentive scholarships exist for OHIO alumni and employees of partner organizations.
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Institution-wide awards are listed because they cover online students at this level; eligibility conditions apply.

Accreditation, authorization and licensure

Three separate questions: is the university accredited, can it enroll students from your state online, and does the program meet licensure requirements where you live?

Institutional accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

No programmatic accreditation verified for this program. Institutional accreditation does not imply it.

State authorization

Ohio University is approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA). Official pageSource: ohio.edu · verified October 10, 2026

International applicants

Not verified for this online program.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 10, 2026.

DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
ohio.edu/chsp/ahsw/athletic-training/online-doctor-athletic-training — Official program page, verified October 10, 2026
ohio.edu/chsp/ahsw/athletic-training/online-doctor-athletic-training/admissions-info — Official admissions page, verified October 10, 2026
ohio.edu/chsp/ahsw/athletic-training/online-doctor-athletic-training/curriculum — Official program page, verified October 10, 2026
ohio.edu/online/scholarships/incentive — Official program page, verified October 10, 2026
ohio.edu/provost/state-authorization — Official disclosure page, verified October 10, 2026

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Key facts

Online format
Fully online · Asynchronous
In-person requirements
No mandatory campus visits
Subject
Health Sciences
Length
as few as 4 semesters · minimum of 42 credit hours
Tuition
$571 per creditIn-state — Ohio resident
Next deadline
No upcoming verified date
Administering location
Athens, OH

Check state authorization for your state before applying. Details

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