Who Accredits Jackson State University?

Jackson State University is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges. It has 6 programmatic accredited programs.

The following table describes the detail information of institutional accreditation information.

Institutional Accreditation
Agency Name	Accreditation Status	Periods
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges	Accredited	1/1/1948 - Current

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Programmatic Accreditation

Accreditor: American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation

Program	Accreditation Status	Periods
Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs	Accredited	10/19/2001 - Current

Accreditor: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

Program	Accreditation Status	Periods
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs	Accredited	5/1/2001 - Current

Accreditor: Council on Education for Public Health

Program	Accreditation Status	Periods
Public Health Programs (PHPG) - Graduate level program offered outside a school of public health	Accredited	10/4/2008 - 7/1/2018
Public Health (PHBG) - Baccalaureate and Graduate level school of public health	Accredited	7/1/2018 - Current

Accreditor: National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation

Program	Accreditation Status	Periods
Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs	Accredited	9/1/1978 - 8/1/2014 (Estimated Date)

Accreditor: National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation

Program	Accreditation Status	Periods
Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs	Accredited	9/1/1977 - 8/1/2014 (Estimated Date)

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