IUP holds universitywide regional accreditation through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 267-284-5000. See the Middle States Commission on Higher Education website.
In addition, the following programs have earned specialized accreditation or national recognition.
| Program/Degree |
Accrediting Agency |
| Academy of Culinary Arts (noncredit certificate) |
American Culinary Federation Educational Institute (ACFEI) |
| All business programs (A.A., B.S., MBA) |
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) |
| All teacher education programs (Cert, B.S.Ed., B.S., M.Ed., M.A., M.A.T.E., D.Ed.) |
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education |
| Administration and Leadership Studies (D.Ed.) |
Educational Leadership Constituent Council (National recognition by ELCC through NCATE) |
| Art, Art-Studio (B.A., B.F.A., M.A., M.F.A.); Interior Design (B.S.) |
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) |
| Athletic Training (B.S.) |
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) |
| Community Counseling (M.A.); School Counseling (M.Ed.) |
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) |
| Education of Exceptional Persons (B.S.Ed.) |
The Council for Exceptional Persons (National Recognition by CEC through NCATE) |
| Elementary Education (B.S.Ed.) |
Association for Childhood Education International (National Recognition by ACEI through NCATE) |
| Environmental Health Science (B.S.) |
National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (Programmatic accreditation recognized by the U.S. Public Health Service) |
| Food and Nutrition (B.S. didactic program, M.S. internship) |
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dieteticsfor The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Health and Physical Education (B.S.Ed.) |
American Association for Health Education (AAHE)(National recognition of AAHE through NCATE) |
| Hospitality Management (B.S.) |
Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (Programmatic accreditation by ACPHA through International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education) |
| Literacy (M.Ed.) |
International Reading Association (National Recognition by IRA through NCATE) |
| Mathematics (B.S.Ed.) |
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (National Recognition by NCTM through NCATE) |
| Music (B.A., B.F.A., B.S., M.A.) |
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) |
| Nursing (B.S., M.S.) |
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) |
| Physical Education and Sport (B.S.) |
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (National recognition by NASPE through NCATE) |
| Physical Education and Sport/Exercise Science (B.S.) |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education and Programs (CAAHEP) |
| Principals Program (Cert.) |
Educational Leadership Constituent Council (National Recognition by ELCC through NCATE) |
| Psychology, Clinical (Psy.D.) |
American Psychological Association (APA) |
| Respiratory Care (B.S.) |
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) |
| Safety Sciences (B.S.) |
Related Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) |
| Social Studies (B.S.Ed.) |
National Council for the Social Sciences (National Recognition by NCSS through NCATE) |
| Spanish (B.S.Ed.) |
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (National Recognition with NCATE affiliate.) |
| Speech–Language Pathology (M.S.) |
Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association (ASHA) |
| Theater (B.A.) |
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) |
| Vocational Education, Vocational Leadership and Cooperative Education (Cert.) |
Pennsylvania Department of Education — Vocational Division (Recognition by PDE through NCATE) |
