We are pleased to announce that the nomination deadline for the 2025 CAATE Awards has been extended. This is your final opportunity to recognize and honor your colleagues' outstanding contributions. Please submit your nominations by Friday, Nov. 14, to ensure they are considered. The Bob & Lynn Caruthers Service Award and the Pete Koehneke Award winners will be announced at the...

We're excited to announce that the RF-ATCAS 2025-2026 application cycle has launched! Applicants can begin to apply to approved programs on the RF-ATCAS application. Developed in partnership with Liaison International — the leader in admissions management solutions — RF-ATCAS continues to offer a streamlined, centralized application experience for candidates applying to...

Washington, DC–The CAATE Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural awards program, recognizing outstanding achievement in athletic training education. The awards honor individuals and programs that have demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing the field through innovation and quality improvement.  Innovation Award Recipients  The Innovation...

Upcoming Events Residency & Fellowship Open House Oct. 7 | Virtual Co-sponsored by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), Athletic Trainers in the Physician Practice Society (ATPPS), the Association for Athletic Training Education (AATE), and Go4 Learn More Leadership Update From the CAATE We are pleased to share an...

The CAATE is proud to recognize the inspiring achievements and dedicated work of Corey Oshikoya, EdD, ATC! How did you become involved with athletic training? During my undergraduate education, I began volunteering and got accepted into the Athletic Training program. The ability to help athletes with their injuries and be involved with sports was a dream come true. How did you...

The time has come for you to nominate your extraordinary peers for the 2025 CAATE Awards! Nominate them for an award before Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, to recognize their outstanding achievements and contributions to the athletic training field.  The Bob & Lynn Caruthers Service Award and the Pete Koehneke Award winners will be announced at the CAATE Town Hall in November. Both awards...

As part of the Five-Year Standards Review, the CAATE has identified an opportunity to enhance clarity within Standard 4, which currently encompasses two distinct types of outcome measures under a single unifying theme of quality improvement. To better support athletic training programs, the CAATE is proposing to split the current Standard 4 into two separate standards: Proposed...

Upcoming CAATE Events 76th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo  June 24-27 | Visit Us at Booth 1706  Visit the CAATE at the 2025 NATA Convention in Orlando, Florida, June 24-27! CAATE Staff and Commissioners will be available to answer stakeholder questions. Find us at booth 1706 to learn more about the value of professional, residency, and fellowship...

This report describes Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) accredited Athletic Training programs (professional, post-professional, and residency). Unless otherwise noted, the data included in this fact sheet were derived from the 2023-2024 Annual Report completed in October of 2024, data from eAccreditation software profiles at the time of Annual Report...

The CAATE is proud to recognize the inspiring achievements and dedicated work of Jessica Pierce, DAT, ATC, CES! How did you become involved with athletic training? I always wanted to be involved in the medical field and knew for a long time which medical professions I would not enjoy. I met an athletic trainer for the first time in high school and not because I was an athlete. I saw...