Accreditations and Nationally Recognized Programs

Institutional Accreditation

West Chester University of Pennsylvania is accredited by:

Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
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Wilmington, DE 19801
 

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Statement of Accreditation Status

Programmatic Accreditation

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) 
American Psychological Association (APA)
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
Council of Social Work Education (CSWE)
Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Communication (FEPAC)
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC)
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB)

West Chester University's Educator Preparation Programs are approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to recommend candidates for certification.

Recognized Programs

American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)
American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA)
Association of Middle Level Education (AMLE)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
International Accreditation of Counseling Services  (IACS)
International Literacy Association (ILA)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
National Council for Social Studies (NCSS)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
National Security Agency (NSA)
Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE)
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)