2.3 Accreditation and Licensing

The University of Virginia has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) since 1904. The last reaffirmation of the University’s accreditation was in 2017. In addition, a significant number of the University’s academic programs and schools undergo review by accrediting or licensing agencies. This listing does not include Medical Center accreditations. The Office of Academic Compliance (OAC) collaborates with schools to ensure institutional alignment with SACSCOC accreditation standards, and federal and state academic compliance requirements.

List of University Academic Programs & Schools

College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Psychology-Clinical (Ph.D.)

American Psychological Association (APA) & Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS)

School of Education and Human Development
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Administration & Supervision (M.Ed.) Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) & Virginia Board of Education

School Psychology (Ed.S)

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) & Virginia Board of Education  

Clinical & School Psychology (Ph.D.)

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) & Virginia Board of Education

Athletic Training (M.S.) Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)

Curriculum & Instruction-Reading Education

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) & Virginia Board of Education
Counselor Education (M.Ed.) Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Prog. (CACREP) & Virginia Board of Education

Communications Sciences & Disorders (M.Ed.)

Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language, Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Teacher Education (B.S. Ed. & M.T.) Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) & Virginia Board of Education
Darden School of Business Administration
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Business Administration (M.B.A., Ph.D.) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
McIntire School of Commerce
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency

Accounting (M.S.) Business Analytics (M.S.); Commerce (B.S.C., M.S.); Global Commerce (M.S.); Management of Information Technology (M.S.)

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Darden School of Business Administration and McIntire School of Commerce
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Business Analytics (M.S.) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
School of Architecture
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Architecture (M.Arch.) National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. (NAAB)
Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB)
Urban & Env. Planning (B.U.E.P, M.U.E.P.) Planning Accreditation Board (PAB)
School of Engineering & Applied Science
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Computer Science (B.S.) Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET

Other baccalaureate programs (except Eng. Science)

Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET
School of Law
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Law (J.D.)

Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association

School of Medicine
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Medicine (M.D.) Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
Public Health (M.P.H.) Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
Continuing Medical Education Programs Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
School of Nursing
School/Department/Program Accrediting/Licensing Agency
Nursing (B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P.) Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Nursing (B.S.N. and M.S.N. (C.N.L. track) pre-licensure programs) Virginia State Board of Nursing