Accreditations
Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
Our BS, MPH, and PhD Public Health degree programs are CEPH accredited. CEPH Accreditation ensures the quality and value of our students' education and degrees, increases our ability to attract committed students and world-class faculty, and helps us secure the resources to support the things we do that are most important.
CEPH Accreditation Report 2019
For more information visit the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
The Public Health Program at Oregon State University is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and we are currently undergoing the re-accreditation process. Part of this process includes the provision of a third-party comment period, which allows anyone, including students, alumni, faculty, staff, community and practice partners, and members of the public, to share relevant information about the program directly with CEPH. If you have any information about the program you would like to share with CEPH to inform their review, email your comments to CEPH by September 15, 2026.
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
Our Master of Athletic Training program is CAATE accredited.
From 1974 to 2017 Oregon State had an accredited undergraduate athletic training program. In the summer of 2016, the first cohort of students started in the new professional master’s program in athletic training. The new master’s program was granted accreditation by CAATE in the summer of 2017.
The CAATE is the agency responsible for the accreditation of more than 260 professional (entry-level) Athletic Training programs, 7 Post-Professional Degree Programs and 12 Residencies.
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Inc. (NATA) cooperate to sponsor the CAATE and to collaboratively develop the Standards for Entry-Level Athletic Training Educational Programs.
For more information about CAATE accreditation visit the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND®)
Our BS-Nutrition Dietetic option and Dietetic Internship programs are accredited by ACEND.
The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND®) is an autonomous accrediting agency for education programs preparing students to begin careers as registered dietitians or dietetic technicians, registered. Programs meeting the ACEND Accreditation Standards are accredited by ACEND®.
For more information about ACEND® accreditation visit the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
Our Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at OSU-Cascades is accredited by CAPTE.
It is the first public university DPT program in Oregon and only DPT program at an R1 institution in Oregon!
For more information about CAPTE accreditation visit the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Our Child Development Center is NAEYC accredited.
The NAEYC is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research.
For more information about NAEYC accreditation visit the National Association for the Education of Young Children.