Accreditations & Approvals

Accreditations

Washington Adventist University is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission) www.msche.org. Washington Adventist University’s accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on March 9, 2023 was to reaffirm the institution. MSCHE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States.

WAU is also accredited by:

  • The Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges and Universities, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600, (301)-680-6000, www.adventistaccreditingassociation.org
  • The National Association of Schools of Music. 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190-5248, (703)-437-0700, www.nasm.arts-accredit.org
  • The baccalaureate degree in nursing and master’s degree in nursing programs at Washington Adventist University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, (202)-887-6791 | http://www.ccneaccreditation.org

Approvals

WAU is approved by:

  • Maryland Higher Education Commission, 839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400, Annapolis, MD 21401-3013, (410)-260-4500, www.mhec.state.md.us
  • The American Music Therapy Association, Inc., 8455 Colesville, Road, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301)-589-3300, www.musictherapy.org
  • Maryland State Department of Education, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, (410)-767-0100, www.marylandpublicschools.org
  • Maryland Board of Nursing, 4140 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215-2254; (888)-202-9861; (410)-585-1900; https://mbon.maryland.gov

Authorizations

Washington Adventist University is authorized under federal law to:

  • Train veterans
  • Enroll non-immigrant alien students