Documents
2009 Institutional Self Study
Report of a Comprehensive Evaluation Visit
Letter of Agreement: HLC Academy
Quality Initiative
Accreditation notification:
Diversity Progress:
Notification of Action Taken:
South Dakota State University has been granted the full, ten-year reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission. An accreditation team of representatives from peer institutions commended SDSU for:
ACCREDITED PROGRAMS | |||||||
Accrediting Agency | Degree | Frequency | Last Decision | Next Visit | |||
| Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) | |||||||
| Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering | BS | ||||||
| Computer Science | BS | ||||||
| Civil Engineering | BS | ||||||
| Electrical Engineering | BS | ||||||
| Mechanical Engineering | BS | ||||||
| Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA) | |||||||
| Hospitality Management | BS | 7 years | 2016 | 2023 | |||
| Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) | |||||||
| Pharmacy | Pharm D | 8 years | 2015 | 2022-2023 | |||
| Accreditation Council for the Education of Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) | |||||||
| Dietetics | BS | 10 years | 2008 | 2018 | |||
| Dietetic Internship | NA | 3 years | 2015 | 2018 | |||
| Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (ACEJMC) | |||||||
| Advertising | BA/BS | 6 years | 2012 | 2018 | |||
| Journalism | BA/BS | 6 years | 2012 | 2018 | |||
| Mass Communication | MMC | 4 years | 2014 | 2018 | |||
| American Association of Museums Accreditation Commission (AAM) | |||||||
| South Dakota Art Museum | NA | 10 years | 2014 | 2023 | |||
| American Association of Veterinary Lab Diagnosticians (AAVLD) | |||||||
| Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Lab | NA | 5 years | 2013 | 2018 | |||
| American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers (ASABE) | |||||||
| Agricultural Systems Technology | BS | 6 years | 2012 | 2018 | |||
| American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) | |||||||
| Biochemistry | BS | 7 years | 2015 | 2022 | |||
| American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) | |||||||
| Pharmacy - PGY1 Residency Program | Certificate | 3 years | 2015 | 2018 | |||
| Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) | |||||||
| Aviation with Specialization in Aviation Education | BS | 5 years | 2013 | 2017 | |||
| Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) | |||||||
| Athletic Training | BS | 10 years | 2010 | 2020-2021 | |||
| Athletic Training | MS | 10 years | 2012 | 2021-2022 | |||
| Commission on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences (CoAES) | |||||||
| Exercise Science | BS | 5 years | 2012 | 2017 | |||
| Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) | |||||||
| Nursing | BS | 10 years | 2011 | 2021 | |||
| Nursing | MS | 10 years | 2011 | 2021 | |||
| Nursing | DNP | 10 years | 2016 | 2026 | |||
| Nursing - APRN Post-Graduate | Certficate | 10 years | 2016 | 2026 | |||
| Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) | |||||||
| Interior Design | BS | 5 years | 2013 | 2018 | |||
| Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) | |||||||
| Counseling and Human Resource Development | MS | 7 years | 2017 | 2025 | |||
| Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) | |||||||
| Teacher Education, Principal, and School Counselor | BA/BS MS M.Ed | 7 years | 2014 | 2021 | |||
| Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) | |||||||
| Counseling and Human Resource Development Specialization in Counseling in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Setting | MS | 8 years | 2015 | 2023 | |||
| Higher Learning Commission (HLC) | |||||||
| Institution | NA | 10 years | 2010 | 2019 | |||
| National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc (NAAB) | |||||||
| Architecture | MS | 3 years | 2017 | 2019 | |||
| National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) | |||||||
| Medical and Laboratory Sciences | BS | 10 years | 2016 | 2026 | |||
| National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) | |||||||
| Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education | NA | 5 years | 2012 | 2017 | |||
| National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) | |||||||
| Music Education | BME | 10 years | 2010 | 2019-2020 | |||
| Music | BA | 10 years | 2010 | 2019-2020 | |||
| Society for Range Management (SRM) | |||||||
| Rangeland Ecology and Management | BS | 10 years | 2016 | 2026 | |||
CERTIFIED PROGRAMS | |||||||
| American Chemical Society | |||||||
| Chemistry | BS | NA | 2016 | 2021 | |||
| Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (formerly American Humanics) | |||||||
| Leadership & Management of Non-Profit Organizations | Minor | 2003 | |||||
| National Collegiate Honors Council | |||||||
| Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College | 2010 | ||||||
| Department of the Army | |||||||
| Army ROTC | 1 year | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
| College Reading and Learning Association | |||||||
| Tutoring/Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program | 5 Years | 2010 | 2015 | ||||
2009 Institutional Self Study
Report of a Comprehensive Evaluation Visit
Letter of Agreement: HLC Academy
Quality Initiative
Accreditation notification:
Diversity Progress:
Notification of Action Taken:
For more information, contact the Higher Learning Commission.
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