Introduction
There are different types of legal recognition and quality assessment of higher education institutions around the world, depending on the country and its legal and higher education system... read our article about university accreditation and recognition to learn more.
Institutional Recognition or Accreditation
American University is legally recognized and/or institutionally accredited by: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Year of first Recognition or Accreditation
1928
Specialized or Programmatic Accreditations
Buydiploma publishes the following list of the most important American University's programmatic accreditations; feel free to submit any relevant missing specialized accreditations.
- Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
- American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- American Chemical Society
- American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
- Council on Education for Public Health
- District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education
- National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation
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