How Long Are ATI TEAS Scores Good For?

Two years is ATI’s usual figure, not every school’s rule

ATI says TEAS scores are usually valid for two years, then immediately notes that each school can set a shorter window. Read the program’s current admissions page before you treat a 23-month-old score as safe, then plan any retake around that deadline rather than around a forum average →. When scores appear is a different intent. This page is how long a program will still look at them.

ATI’s own exceptions:

1. Schools set admissions criteria. On average the window is two years, “but that is not across the board.”
2. In a blueprint-change year (ATI’s example is 2022 and Version 7), some schools shortened acceptance to one year or less so they could compare scores on the same test plan.

Version 7 is still the current exam described in Passy’s library. That does not freeze every school’s acceptance clock at 24 months.

What to confirm in writing

For each program, capture:

• the exam version they will accept
• the oldest test date they will accept for your start term
• whether a remote administration ages out faster (only if they say so)
• whether they require the score by the application deadline or by orientation

If you are applying to three schools, you need three answers. The strictest window is the one that forces a retake.

Passing score and what is a good TEAS score are also school-set. A still-valid score can be too low. A high score can be too old.

Retake policy matters if you must test again before the window closes.

When the deadline is real, run a mixed TEAS set to see whether a retake is actually worth the fee →.

Do not convert classmates’ stories

“My school took a three-year-old TEAS” is that school’s old policy, or a misunderstanding of unofficial versus official transcripts. ATI TEAS Version 4 scores cannot be sent to other schools at all.

Sending a transcript does not extend validity. It only delivers the existing test date.

If the score will expire mid-cycle

Test early enough that the official result still falls inside every program’s window on the day they review files. Do not schedule so late that a reschedule (48 hours, $15) pushes you past a deadline.

The ATI TEAS hub and Guides cover prep. Validity is an admissions clock.

If the score is still competitive and still young, stop retesting out of anxiety. If it is old or low, put hours on the section that would change the composite →.

Anxiety retesting still costs a full fee.

Then keep a short general TEAS block until the new date →.