Career Opportunities
A wide range of exciting and diverse career opportunities await graduates from KNR Graduate Program sequences. Depending on individual career aspirations, students are well prepared for the following positions:
- College or university staff athletic trainer positions
- Public and private high school staff athletic trainer positions
- Positions in
sports medicine clinics and physical therapy settings
- Undergraduate athletic training clinical instruction and research
- Employment as a research assistant with a corporate entity
- Serve as a member of a workplace safety team
- Conduct
research and development
- Self-employment in the fitness industry
- Advanced positions in health, fitness, and wellness settings
- Employment working with athletes or physical activity participants in various settings such as a coach or personal trainer
- Mid to upper-level administration positions in:
- Park districts and
recreation and park departments
- County, state, and national parks
- Tourism and/or convention & visitors bureaus
- Commercial and resort businesses
- Management of professional, collegiate, intercollegiate, and interscholastic sports programs
- Sport marketing/management organizations
- International sport
- Para and Special Olympic sport
- Youth sports
- Extreme sports
