Accrediting Agencies

Agencies that Accredit MSU Programs and Units

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources 

Construction Management (BS) 

American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) 

Didactic Program in Dietetics (BS) 

Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) 

Forestry (BS) 

Society of American Foresters (SAF) 

Interior Design (BA) 

Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)

Landscape Architecture (BLA) 

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)/Landscape Architecture Planning Board (LAAB)

 

College of Communication Arts and Sciences 

Communicative Sciences and Disorders (BS/MA/PhD) 

American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) 

Journalism (BA)

Accrediting Council on Education & Journalism & Mass Communication (ACEJMC)

 

College of Education 

Athletic Training (MS) 

Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) 

Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD) 

Rehabilitation Counselling (MA) 

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

Elementary Education (BA) 

Secondary Education (BA) 

Special Education (BA) 

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)

 

College of Engineering 

Biosystems Engineering (BS) 

Chemical Engineering (BS) 

Civil Engineering (BS) 

Computer Engineering (BS) 

Computer Science (BS) 

Electrical Engineering (BS) 

Environmental Engineering (BS) 

Materials Science and Engineering (BS)

Mechanical Engineering (BS) 

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

 

College of Human Medicine 

Program in Human Medicine (MD) 

Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) 

 

College of Law 

Juris Doctor (JD) 

American Bar Association (ABA) 

Association of American Law Schools (AALS)

 

College of Music 

Jazz Studies (BMUS/MMUS) 

Music (BA) 

Music Composition (MMUS/DMA) 

Music Conducting (MMUS/DMA) 

Music Education (BMUS/MMUS/PhD) 

Music Performance (BMUS/MMUS/DMA) 

Music Theory (MMUS) 

Musicology (MA) 

Piano Pedagogy (MMUS)

Collaborative Piano (MMUS) 

National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) 

 

College of Natural Science 

Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (BLS) 

National Accreditation Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) 

 

College of Nursing 

Nurse Anesthesiology (DNP) 

Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (CANAEP) 

Nursing (BSN/MSN) 

Nursing Practice (DNP) 

Post-Graduate APRN Certificate 

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)

 

College of Osteopathic Medicine 

Physician Assistant (MS) 

Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) 

Professional Program in Osteopathic Medicine (DO) 

American Osteopathic Association/Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA)

 

College of Social Science 

Clinical Psychology (PhD) 

American Psychological Association (APA) 

Forensic Science - Forensic Chemistry Track (MS) 

Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) 

Human Development and Family Studies (PhD) 

Commission on Accreditation for Marriage & Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE)

 Social Work (BSW/MSW) 

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 

Urban and Regional Planning (BS/MURP) 

American Planning Association/Planning Accrediting Board (PAB)

 

College of Veterinary Medicine 

Veterinary Medicine (DVM) 

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)/American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) 

Veterinary Nursing (BS)

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) 

 

The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Accounting and Data Analytics (MS) 

Accounting (BA/MS/PhD) 

Business Data Science and Analytics (MS) 

Customer Experience Management (MS) 

Finance (BA/MS/PhD)

Financial Planning and Wealth Management (MS) 

Healthcare Management (MS) 

Human Resources Management (BA) 

Information Technology Management (PhD) 

Logistics (PhD) 

Management (BA) 

Management, Strategy and Leadership (MS) 

Marketing (BA/PhD) 

Marketing Research and Analytics (MS) 

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 

Master of Business Administration Degree: Program in Integrative Management (MBA) 

Master of Business Administration Degree: STEM (MBA) 

MBA/Doctor of Human Medicine - Management (MBA) 

Operations and Sourcing Management (PhD)

Organizational Behavior - Human Resource Management (PhD) 

Strategic Management (PhD) 

Supply Chain Management (BA/MS) 

American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)

 

University/Office Specific Accrediting Bodies 

Michigan State University 

Resource/Unit - University-wide 

Higher Learning Commission

 

College of Arts and Letters 

Resource/Unit - English Language Center 

English USA 

University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP) 

English Language Center Intensive 

English Program and English for Academic Purposes courses 

The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA)

 

College of Music

Resource/Unit- Community Music School 

National Association of Schools of Music 

 

College of Osteopathic Medicine 

Resource/Unit- Learning Assessment Center 

Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) 

 

College of Social Science 

Resource/Unit- MSU Child Development Laboratories 

National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

 

College of Veterinary Medicine 

Resource/Unit- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

American Association of Veterinary Lab Diagnosticians (AAVLD)

 

Museum 

Resource/Unit-

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum 

MSU Museum American 

Association of Museums (AAM)

 

Office of Research Regulatory Support 

Resource/Unit-

Animal Care Programs (CAR/IUCUC) 

Association for Assessment & Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)

Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) 

Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (HRPP)

 

University Health and Wellbeing 

Resource/Unit-

Counselling and Psychiatric Services 

International Association of Counseling Services (IACS) 

MSU CAPS Doctoral Training Program 

Commission on Accreditation (CoA) 

Olin Health Center

The Joint Commission 

 

Department of Police and Public Safety 

Resource/Unit- Emergency Management Division 

Emergency Management Accreditation Program 

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