Get licensed as a strength and conditioning specialist

No state licenses strength and conditioning specialists. The credential is a certification, and this page points to the bodies that issue it.

National certification

At a glance

Strength and conditioning specialist

Each step names the body that decides it.

Step 1
Meet the certifier's education requirement
The certifying body sets the education you need before you can sit its exam. Check it on the certifier's site against the date you plan to test.
Accrediting body for qualifying programs: Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education nsca.com (official site)
Step 2
Pass the NSCA exam
The certification is the credential. There is no state license to apply for afterward, and the certification is the same in every state.
National Strength and Conditioning Association nsca.com (official site)

National Strength and Conditioning Association

The NSCA sets the eligibility rules, writes the exam and issues the credential. No state board is involved.

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