Accreditation

The College of Mount Saint Vincent is independently chartered to grant degrees by the Regents of the State of New York. It is registered by the New York State Education Department, Office of Higher Education, in Albany, NY.

The College of Mount Saint Vincent is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Contact: 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 or (267) 284-5000

The College of Mount Saint Vincent also holds program-specific accreditation from the following independent accrediting agencies:

  • The B.S. in Business Administration, the B.S. in Accounting degrees are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
    Contact: 11520 West 119th St., Overland Park, KS 66213 or (913) 339-9356
  • The baccalaureate degree in nursing/master’s degree in nursing at the College of Mount Saint Vincent is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Educa­tion (CCNE)
    Contact: 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C., 20001 or ccneaccreditation.org
  • The College of Mount Saint Vincent Teacher Education Department  is a member of AAQEP.  The Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation is a quality assurance association founded in 2017.  AAQEP is a national accreditor dedicated to strengthening P-12 education through excellent educator preparation.

Accrediting agencies’ letters of approval are available to all interested parties for inspection.