Accredited Programs
Standing with State and Other Accrediting Agencies
Kean University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and authorized by the State of New Jersey - Office of the Secretary of Higher Education.
The State of New Jersey also grants the following approvals to Kean University:
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Programs |
NJ State Agency |
Evidence of Approvals |
| Programs | Office of the Secretary of Higher Education |
Instructions for filing complaints with the state and accrediting agencies can be found by clicking on the links below:
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Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) |
https://www.msche.org/complaints/ |
| Department of Education, New Jersey (NJ DOE) | https://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/OSHEComplaintInstructions.shtml |
| Accreditation Agency | Program(s) |
|---|---|
| College of Business & Public Management (CBPM) | |
| Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) | B.S. Accounting B.S. Finance B.S. Management B.S. Marketing B.S. Global Business M.B.A. Business Administration (Global Option) M.S. Accounting |
| College of Education (COE) | |
| Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) | M.A. Early Childhood Education M.A. Educational Administration M.A. Fine Arts (K-12 Teaching Certification option) M.A. Instruction and Curriculum [Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Teaching English as a Second Language] M.A. Special Education (Autism and Developmental Disabilities; Learning and Behavioral Disabilities) B.A. Early Childhood Education (P-3/TSD) B.A. Elementary Education TSD (K-6; K-6 & 5-8) B.A. Elementary Bilingual Education (K-6; K-6 & 5-8) B.A. Spanish Education (K-12) B.S. Physical Education and Health (K-12) B.M. Music Education (K-12 certification) B.A. English Education (K-12 & K-12/TSD) B.A. Fine Arts Art Education (K-12) B.A. History Education (K-12 & K-12/TSD) B.A. Biology Education (K-12 & K-12/TSD) B.A. Chemistry Education (K-12 & K-12/TSD) B.A. Earth Science Education (K-12 & K-12/TSD) B.A. Mathematical Sciences Education (K-12/TSD & K-12) M.A. Instruction and Curriculum: STEM Teacher Education: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) | The Kean University Child Care Center |
| National Educational Leadership Preparation (formerly ELCC) (NELP) | M.A. Educational Administration |
| Society of Health and Physical Educators of America (SHAPE America) | B.S. Physical Education and Health (K-12) |
| College of Health Professions and Human Services (CHPHS) | |
| Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC) | M.S., Genetic Counseling |
| American Psychological Association (APA) | Psy.D. Combined School and Clinical Psychology |
| Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) | Doctor of Physical Therapy |
| Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) | M.S., Athletic Training |
| Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) | M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling; M.A., College Counseling & Student Affairs; M.A., School Counseling; Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision |
| Council of Academic Accreditation, American Speech Language Hearing Association (CAA-ASHA) | M.A., Speech Language Pathology |
| Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) | M.S.W. Social Work |
| Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) | B.S.N. Nursing M.S.N. Nursing |
| Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) | M.S. Physician Assistant Studies Program |
| American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (AOTA/ACOTE) | M.S. Occupational Therapy O.T.D. Occupational Therapy |
| National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) | Psy.D. Combined School and Clinical Psychology Professional Diploma in School Psychology |
| College of Liberal Arts (CLA) | |
| National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) | B.A. Music B.M. Music Education (K-12 certification) B.M. Music Performance (with an emphasis in Pedagogy) |
| National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) | B.A. Theatre B.F.A. Theatre Design and Technology B.F.A. Theatre Performance |
| National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | B.A. History Education (K-12/TSD & K-12) |
| National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) | B.A. English Education (K-12/TSD & K-12) |
| College of Science, Mathematics and Technology (CSMT) | |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) | B.S., Chemistry, Expanded Option and Instrumentation Option |
| Commission on Accreditation for Health Information Management (CAHIIM - Affiliated with Rutgers University) | B.S. Health Information Management (Joint with Rutgers) |
| Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET (Union campus only) Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) | B.S. Computer Science B.S. Information Technology |
| National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) | B.A. Mathematical Sciences Education (K-12/TSD & K-12) M.A. Instruction and Curriculum: STEM Teacher Education: Mathematics |
| National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | B.A. Biology Education (K-12/TSD & K-12) B.A. Chemistry Education (K-12) |
| Michael Graves College (MGC) | |
| Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) | B.F.A. Interior Design |
| National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) | M.Arch Architecture (both Kean USA and WKU) |
| Michael Graves College (MGC) and College of Liberal Arts (CLA) | |
| National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) |
B.A. Fine Arts Education |
For more information regarding our Accredited Programs click HERE.