Accreditations and Memberships
Western Kentucky University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, specialist degrees, along with a doctor of education (Ed.D.).
Certain programs of the University are accredited by the following:
- AACSB: International: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
- American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR)
- American Association for School Librarians
- American Bar Association
- American Chemical Association
- American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation
- American Dietetic Association
- American Healthcare Information Management Association
- American Speech and Hearing Association
- Association for Educational Communication Technology (AECT)
- Association of University Programs in Health Care Administration
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education/American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Council for Accrediation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
- Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
- Council on Social Work Education
- Department of the Army
- Engineering Accreditation Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET)
- Kentucky State Board of Nursing
- Kentucky's Educational Professional Standards Board
- National Association of Industrial Technology
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National Association of Schools of Theater
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National League for Nursing
- National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA)
- Society of Human Resource Management
- Society of Public Health Educators and Association for the Advancement of Health Education
- University Sales Center Alliance
The University is a member of:
- American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- American Association for State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
- American Council on Education
- Association for Continuing Higher Education
- Association for Collegiate Conference and events Directors-International
- Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals
- Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Council on College and Military Educators
- Institute of International Education
- Kentucky Association for Continuing Higher Education
- National Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
- National Association for School Psychologists
- National Association of Schools, Public Affairs and Administration
- National Collegiate Honors Council
- North American Association of Summer Sessions
- The Renaissance Group
- Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
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