Sports Medicine Schools In Maine
Maine has 3 accredited sports medicine schools where sports medicine faculty who teach sports medicine classes can find employment. The trends in Maine's sports medicine academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in sports medicine includes sports medicine training at the sports medicine bachelors degree level.
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Professional Trends
Maine Vs. National Sports Medicine Employment
| Maine | 1,700 |
| National | 308,430 |
Approximately 1% of the country's sports medicine professionals work in Maine state.
Employment Growth for Sports medicine professionals In Maine
| 2,520 | 2,510 | 2,680 | 3,020 | 3,470 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of sports medicine professionals is growing in Maine. There were 950 more sports medicine professionals working in Maine in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 38% growth in the field. This growth is faster than the national trend for sports medicine professionals which shows a 24% increase in the number of sports medicine professionals working around the nation.
Sports Medicine VS. All Professions salaries in Maine
| $62,276 | $63,984 | $67,312 | $70,448 | $81,552 |
| $40,902 | $42,204 | $44,287 | $45,290 | $46,296 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Sports Medicine
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Maine, as the number of sports medicine professionals is growing, the salaries earned by sports medicine professionals are increasing. In 2006 sports medicine professionals made a mean salary of $62,276 per year, and in 2010 they made $81,552 per year.
Salary percentiles for Sports medicine professionals in Maine
10th percentile |
$46,520 |
25th percentile |
$93,040 |
50th percentile |
$186,080 |
75th percentile |
$372,160 |
90th percentile |
$744,320 |
Thus, sports medicine professionals' salaries grew by 24% in 4 years. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 6% pay differential between the highest paid sports medicine professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of sports medicine in Maine.
Average Salaries for Sports medicine professionals and related professions in Maine
Physical Therapy |
$72,470 |
Physical Therapy Assistant |
$34,875 |
Physician Assistant |
$84,090 |
Sports Medicine |
$47,515 |
In Maine, sports medicine professionals earn, on average, more than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Sports Medicine programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maine
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
3 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 3 |
A majority of these graduates, or 100%, graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports medicine.