Accreditations

Accrediting Agencies and Memberships

Middle Tennessee State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, masters, specialist, and doctorate degrees. Middle Tennessee State University also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Middle Tennessee State University may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).

Other accrediting agencies and memberships are listed below.

• AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET
• Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET
• Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET
• Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA)
• Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
• Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications – ACEJMC
• Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)
• American Anthropological Association
• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
• American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)
• American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
• American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American College Testing Program (ACT)
• American Council on Education (ACE)
• American Historical Association
• American Library Association (ALA)
• American Political Science Association (APSA)
• American Simmental Association
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
• American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
• American Sociological Association (ASA)
• Associated General Contractors of Tennessee (TNAGC)
• Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE)
• Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)
• Association for Infant Mental Health in Tennessee (AIMHiTN)
• Association of Language Departments (ALD)
• Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
• Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
• Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI)
• Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC)
• Broadcast Education Association (BEA)
• Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Affiliated University (UAP)
• Childhood Education International (CEI)
• Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee (CIM)
• Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
• Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Conference USA (CUSA)
• Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST)
• Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
• Council for Accreditation of Counseling to Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
• Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
• Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Early Childhood (DEC)
• Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
• Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
• Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
• Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS)
• Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
• Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• Council on Accreditation of Recreation, Parks, Tourism and Related Professions (COAPRT)
• Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
• Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Administrators Association (IACUCAA)
• International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA)
• National Air Transportation Association (NATA)
• National Association for School Psychologists (NASP)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• National Association of Fellowships Advisors (NAFA)
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
• National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
• National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)
• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
• National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
• National Association of Veterans’ Programs Administrators (NAVPA)
• National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA)
• National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC)
• National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC)
• National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)
• National Council for Public History (NCPH)
• National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
• National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA)
• National Intercollegiate Flight Association (NIFA)
• National League for Nursing (NLN)
• National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)
• National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA)
• North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA)
• Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
• Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP)
• Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)
• Reacting Consortium
• Society of American Archivists (SAA)
• Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America)
• Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC)
• Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA)
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO)
• Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
• Southern Gerontological Society (SGS)
• Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
• Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC)
• Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU)
• Teachers College Association of Extension and Field Services
• Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA)
• Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS)
• Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education
• Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (TACTE)
• Tennessee Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
• Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM)
• Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs (TASDC)
• Total Clinical Placement System (TCPS)
• Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY)
• Tennessee Conference of Graduate Schools (TCGS)
• Tennessee College Association (TCA)
• Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council
• Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging (DDA)
• Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS)
• The College Board
• The PA Education Association (PAEA)
• Total Clinical Placement System (TCPS)
• United States Army, Cadet Command
• University Aviation Association (UAA)
• University Film and Video Association (UFVA)
• Women in Aviation International (WAI)