Applicants who are admitted to the Graduate Post-Professional Athletic Training Education Program are typically awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship for both the first year and second year.  These awards include a waiver of in-state and/or out-of-state tuition, health insurance, and a $10,700 stipend. Funding for each of these Assistantships comes from a combination of sources including the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Campus Health Services, and the Athletic Department.

            Assistantship responsibilities include two components:

1. The teaching component involves teaching activity classes to undergraduates in Lifetime Fitness courses. All students at the University of North Carolina are required to complete one Lifetime Fitness course during their first year of study.  This course combines instruction in, and practice of a sport or physical activity, that can be sustained in later life together with instruction in life-long health. Athletic training graduate students teach two sections of this course during the fall semester and one section during the spring semester during each of their two years.

2. The clinical component involves assigning the graduate student 1)team coverage responsibilities for two of the athletic teams on campus, and 2) working in one of  the athletic training clinics and/or physical therapy clinic. Specific responsibilities are discussed in the Clinical Experience.