2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Accreditation


Loyola University Maryland is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), located at 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington DE 19801. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

The PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology offered through the Department of Psychology is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation: Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, American Psychological Association, 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002; 202‑336‑5979; apaaccred@apa.org; www.apa.org/ed/accreditation. The Master of Science (MS) in Speech-Language Pathology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2200 Research Boulevard #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800‑498‑2071 or 301‑296‑5700.

The School of Education has met all of the components of the Maryland Institutional Performance Criteria and is fully approved, by the Maryland State Department of Education (200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201), to offer undergraduate and graduate programs. This approval covers initial teacher preparation programs and advanced educator programs. However, the approval does not include individual education courses that the institution offers to P-12 educators for professional development, relicensure, or other purposes.

The Sellinger School of Business and Management is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in business.

The University is approved by the following agencies:

Educational Leadership Constituent Council
International Society for Technology in Education
Maryland Higher Education Commission
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council for Teachers of English
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements
Regents of the University of the State of New York
Approved for Veteran's Education by the Maryland Higher Education Commission and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The University is a member of the following organizations:

AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
ACCU Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Baltimore Collegetown Network
Center for Research Libraries
Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington DE 19801
Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Council of Graduate Schools
Eastern Academic Scholars Trust
Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Maryland Association for Higher Education
Maryland Career Consortium
Maryland Independent College and University Association
Maryland International Education Consortium
National Academic Advising Association NACADA - The Global Community for Academic Advising
National Association of Universities and Independent Colleges
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The Association for Graduate Enrollment Management
University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions Library Consortium

Documents granting accreditation or approval to Loyola University Maryland are available for review during regular business hours in the Records Office.