Accreditation

Montclair State University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Programs leading to a degree or certificate (not certification) are approved by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education of the State of New Jersey. Programs leading to NJ State certification are approved by the New Jersey Department of Education using the standards of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification. 

Discipline-specific accreditations include: 

AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Baccalaureate and Graduate degree programs in business, School of Business 

ACEND - Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of

Nutrition and Dietetics
BS and MS in Didactic Program in Dietetics; Dietetic Internship Program, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, College of Education and Engaged Learning

APA - American Psychological Association

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

CAATE - Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education

Athletic Training major, BS, Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, College for Community Health

CCNE – Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

BSN in Nursing, School of Nursing

CAC/ABET - Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

Computer Science major, concentration in Professional Computing, BS, Department of Computer Science, College of Science and Mathematics

CACREP - Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs Counseling,

Ph.D., Counseling, M.A., Department of Counseling and Educational Leadership, College for Community Health

CAA/ASHA - Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)

CAA has accredited the M.A. with concentration in Speech-Language Pathology; and the Doctoral program in Audiology (AuD) in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College for Community Health

CAEP – Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

Baccalaureate and graduate level teacher certification programs that prepare early childhood, elementary, and secondary school teachers in the Department of Teaching and Learning, as well as the Educational Leadership programs for administrative and school service personnel programs in the Department of Educational Leadership in the College of Education and Engaged Learning.

CEPH – Council on Education for Public Health

Master of Public Health (MPH), BS in Public Health, concentration in Community Health Education,

concentration in Health Systems Administration and Policy, Department of Public Health, College for Community Health

CSWE - Council on Social Work Education

Master of Social Work Program, Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

NASAD - National Association of Schools of Art and Design

Fashion Studies major, BA; Visual Arts major, concentrations in Art Education, Studio Art, BA;

Animation/Illustration major, BFA; Visual Communication Design major, BFA; Product Design major, BFA, Department of Art and Design, College of the Arts

NASD - National Association of Schools of Dance

Dance major, concentration Dance Education, BA; Dance major, BFA, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of the Arts

NASM - National Association of Schools of Music

Music Therapy major, BA; Music major, concentrations in Music Education, Jazz Studies, Performance, Theory/Composition, BMus; Music program, concentrations in Music Education, Performance, Theory/Composition, MA; Performance, concentrations in Instrumental, Keyboard, Woodwind Doubling, Vocal, Conducting, MM, John J. Cali School of Music, College of the Arts

NAST - National Association of Schools of Theatre

Theatre major, BA; Theatre major concentrations in Acting and in Production/Design/Management, BFA; Musical Theatre, BFA; Theatre major with concentration in Theatre Studies, MA, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of the Arts