Accreditation

The State University of New York at Fredonia is fully accredited by: The Board of Regents of the State University of New York.

The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19124, Tel. (215) 662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Education.

The College of Education has received national accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 2010 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20036, Tel. (202) 466-7496.

The School of Music has received accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music, 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190, Tel. (730) 437-0700.

Fredonia’s graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852, Tel. (301) 897-5700. The program is also licensure-qualified by the New York State Education Department.

The Department of Theatre and Dance is an Accredited Institutional Member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre and adheres to the standards set forth by NAST. The National Association of Schools of Theatre is located at 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA, 20190, Tel. (703) 437-0700.

The Social Work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, 1725 Duke Street, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314-3457, Tel. (703) 683-8080.

The university is also on the approved list of the American Chemical Society. Its A.C.S. Approved Track in Chemistry is reviewed annually by the A.C.S. Committee on Professional Training.