Accreditation
Regional / University
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Nicholls State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master and specialist levels. Inquiries relating to the accreditation status of Nicholls State University can be mailed to Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4097, or may be directed to (404) 679-4501 via telephone.
Academic, College, Departmental, and Program
- The College of Business Administration’s baccalaureate
and master’s
degrees are accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business.
- The College of Education is accredited
by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education. The specialist degree
program in School Psychology has
the full approval of the National Association
of School Psychologists.
- The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences is
accredited by the American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Council for Accreditation.
- The Department
of Mass Communication is accredited by the Accrediting
Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
- The Division of Art is accredited
by the National Association of Schools
of Art and Design.
- Each of the eligible
programs within the Department of Allied Health Sciences is
fully accredited. The Cardiopulmonary Care Science program
and the advanced
course offerings in Respiratory Therapy have
full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs in
cooperation with
the Committee on Accreditation for
Respiratory Care; the Cytology program is
accredited by CAAHEP in cooperation with the Cytotechnology Programs
Review
Committee of the American Society of
Cytopathology; the Emergency Medical Services
Paramedic program is accredited by CAAHEP in cooperation
with the Committee
on Accreditation
of Educational Programs for the Emergency Training Education Programs;
and the Dietetics program is accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation for
Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association.
- The degree
program in Chemistry is approved by the American
Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training.
- The Computer Science curriculum is
accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Commission
of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board.
- Degree programs in Music are accredited
by the National
Association of Schools of Music.
- Both of the degree programs in the Department
of Nursing, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program and the
Associate of Science Nursing
Program, are fully
accredited by the National
League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and approved
by the Louisiana
State Board of Nursing; additionally,
the BSN Program is accredited by the American
Association of Colleges of
Nursing’s
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Nicholls State University College of Nursing and
Allied Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing
education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on
Accreditation.
Administrative
- The Tutorial and Academic Enhancement Center is certified
by the National Tutoring
Association and the College
Reading and Learning Association.
- The University Counseling Center
is accredited by the International
Association of Counseling Services, Inc.

