Specialized Accreditations at Yale
In addition to the university–wide regional accreditation, individual Yale schools, departments, and programs are accredited by over 25 nationally recognized, specialized accrediting agencies.
Schools
| School of Architecture |
National Architectural Accrediting Board |
| School of Art |
No accreditation outside of NECHE’s accreditation |
| Divinity School |
Association of Theological Schools |
| School of Drama |
No accreditation outside of NECHE’s accreditation |
| School of the Environment | Society of American Foresters |
| Yale Law School |
American Bar Association. Also, Yale Law School is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. This organization sets standards for membership and inspects, rather than “accredits,” its member schools. |
| School of Management |
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business |
| School of Medicine |
American Medical Association and Association of American Medical Colleges, Liaison Committee on Medical Education Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (Yale–New Haven Medical Center graduate medical education residency/fellowship training program) (The administrative base of this program is the director/associate dean of graduate medical education for Yale–New Haven Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine.) Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration |
| School of Music |
No accreditation outside of NECHE’s accreditation |
| School of Nursing |
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education American College of Nurse Midwives |
| Physician Associate | Accreditation Review Commission of Education for the Program Physician Assistant
Public Health Council on Education for Public Health The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) |
Departments/Programs
| Chemistry |
Chemistry’s programs fall under the NECHE university–wide accreditation. However, the undergraduate degree program is reviewed by the American Chemical Society to make sure that it meets the standards of an ACS-certified degree program. |
| Engineering |
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
| Department of Psychiatry |
American Psychological Association (internship and predoctoral program in clinical/community psychology) |
| Psychology–Clinical | Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association (graduate-level program leading to a Ph.D., reviewed annually) |