Program Assessment

Program Outcomes

The Vision of the ESU Athletic Training Program is to be a leading student-centered athletic training program that offers distinct educational challenges to a diverse student body. Furthermore, students are afforded the opportunity to demonstrate entry-level competency as an athletic trainer while embracing the values of scholarship, professionalism, and diversity.

One measure of program effectiveness is postgraduate study and employability. Many ESU graduates are among the best clinicians, educators and researchers in the field. The ESU Athletic Training Program continues to place its students in many of the best graduate and professional programs as well as emerging and traditional practice settings.

Accreditation Status

The ESU Athletic Training – Professional Practice Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education through the academic year 2029-2030.

An added measure of program effectiveness is pass rate on the Board of Certification Examination for Athletic Trainers. The following table represents the performance of program graduates on the BOC® Examination.

Three-year Average Performance of Program Graduates on the BOC® Examination

Criteria	2016-2017 Graduates	2017-2018 Graduates	2018-2019 Graduates	3 year Aggregate
Number of students graduating from the program	26	32	19	77
Number of students graduating from ESU Athletic Training Program who took the BOC Examination	26	32	18	76
Number of ESU students who passed the BOC examination on the first attempt	21	16	17	54
Percentage of ESU students who passed the examination on the first attempt	81	50	94	71
Number of ESU students who passed the examination regardless of the number of attempts	25	26	17	68
Percentage of ESU students who passed the examination regardless of the number of attempts	96	81	94	89

Admission / Retention / Graduation Rate

Criteria	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	3 Year Aggregate
Number of students graduating from program.	34	36	50	120
Number of students returning for year 2	33	36	40	109
Program retention rate (%)	97	100	80	92
Number of students returning for year 3	28	32	25	85
Program retention rate (%)	82	89	50	74
Number of students returning for year 4	26	32	19	77
Program retention rate (%)	77	89	38	68

Program’s Employment / Placement Rate

Criteria	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	3 Year Aggregate
Number of students Employed as AT	15	23	12	50
Student Employment/Placement Rate as AT (%)	56	68	57	61
Number of students employed as other	3	5	1	9
Student Employment/Placement Rate as other (%)	11	15	5	11
Number of students not employed	7	4	6	17
Student Not Employed Rate (%)	26	12	29	21