Anyone have thoughts about careers for girls who want to work with athletes for a living? The options I can think of are athletic trainer, physical therapy, coaching, sports nutrition, strength and conditioning coach.
It seems like athletic trainers hardly makes any money unless you are with a pro team. I just saw a job posted for a mid major and the pay is $38 - 43,000 a year. Considering you have to have your Masters that's a horrible ROI. Physical therapists make more, but their schooling is even more expensive since they have to have their doctorate and I've read that with all the insurance and Medicaid costs their salaries haven't gone up in years. It looks like the cost of grad school for a DPT around us would be $120,000+ OUCH. I can't imagine college coaches make much unless they're at the P5 level. Any idea of what a coach at a smaller college makes?
Any other ideas for jobs? What can you do with a degree in exercise science if you don't go to grad school?
It seems like athletic trainers hardly makes any money unless you are with a pro team. I just saw a job posted for a mid major and the pay is $38 - 43,000 a year. Considering you have to have your Masters that's a horrible ROI. Physical therapists make more, but their schooling is even more expensive since they have to have their doctorate and I've read that with all the insurance and Medicaid costs their salaries haven't gone up in years. It looks like the cost of grad school for a DPT around us would be $120,000+ OUCH. I can't imagine college coaches make much unless they're at the P5 level. Any idea of what a coach at a smaller college makes?
Any other ideas for jobs? What can you do with a degree in exercise science if you don't go to grad school?