Specialized Accreditations by School, Program and Accrediting Agency
The University of Pittsburgh is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education. The following is a list of specialized accreditations by school, program and accrediting agency.
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School and Program |
Program Description |
Accrediting Agency |
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Faculty and College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry
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Baccalaureate degree program
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American Chemical Society |
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Clinical Psychology
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Doctoral program
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American Psychological Association |
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Theatre Arts
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Baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degree programs |
National Association of Schools of Theater |
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Katz Graduate School of Business Business Administration and Management
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Baccalaureate and master's degree programs
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American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, Accreditation Council |
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Education Athletic Training
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Baccalaureate degree option program
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National Athletic Trainers Association |
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Community Cross-Cultural Counseling
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Master's degree specialization
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Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs |
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Counseling Psychology
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Doctoral program
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American Psychological Association |
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Education of the Hearing Impaired
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Master's degree specialization
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Council on Education of the Deaf |
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Educational Counseling - Elementary and Secondary School; Educational Counseling - Post-Secondary
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Master's degree specializations
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Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs |
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Rehabilitation Counseling
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Master's degree specialization
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Council on Rehabilitation Education |
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Teacher Certification Programs: Fifth-Year Teacher Certification Programs, K-12 Educational Administration Programs, K-12 Educational Counseling Program
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Teacher certification
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Pennsylvania Department of Education |
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Engineering Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, and Metallurgical Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Engineering Physics; and the Cooperative Engineering Education Program (excluding Engineering Physics within this program) |
Baccalaureate degree programs
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
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Law International and Comparative Law
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Master's degree program
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American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar |
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Law
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First professional degree program
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American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar |
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Public and International Affairs Public Administration
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Master's degree program
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National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation |
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Social Work Social Work
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Baccalaureate and master's degree programs
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Council on Social Work Education, Commission on Accreditation |
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Information Sciences Library and Information Science
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Master's degree program
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American Library Association, Committee on Accreditation |
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Dental Medicine Dental Hygiene
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Certificate program
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American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation |
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Dental specialties
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Certificate and master's degree programs
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American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
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Dental Medicine
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First professional degree program
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American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
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Nursing Nurse Anesthesia
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Master's degree program
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American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
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Other
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Baccalaureate and master's degree programs
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Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
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Pharmacy Pharmacy |
First professional degree program |
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education |
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Public Health Health Administration |
Master's degree program
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Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration |
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Human Genetics: Genetic Counseling, Clinical Genetics, PhD/Medical Genetics, Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Clinical Molecular Genetics, and Clinical Cytogenetics |
Master's and doctoral specializations
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American Board of Medical Genetics |
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Occupational Medicine |
Residency Program
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Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in collaboration with Residency Review Committee |
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Other |
All master's and doctoral degree programs |
Council on Education for Public Health |
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Medicine Medicine |
First professional degree program
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Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Colleges |
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Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Clinical Dietetics- Nutrition |
Baccalaureate degree program
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The American Dietetic Association, Commission on Education Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education
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Communication Science and Disorders |
Master's degree program
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Emergency Medicine |
Baccalaureate degree program |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs |
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Health Information Management |
Baccalaureate degree program |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs |
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Occupational Therapy |
Baccalaureate degree program |
American Occupational Therapy Association |
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Physical Therapy |
Master's degree program |
The American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Education |
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Johnstown Emergency Medical Services
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Associate degree program |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs |
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Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Technology
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Baccalaureate degree programs |
Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. |
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Elementary and Secondary Education - Social Studies |
Teacher certification |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
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Nursing |
School Nurse certification program |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
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Respiratory Care |
Associate degree program |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs |
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Surgical Technology |
Associate degree program |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs |
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Titusville Physical Therapist Assistant Program |
Associate degree program |
The American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Education |
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Bradford Nursing
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Associate and baccalaureate degree programs
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National League for Nursing, Inc., Board of Review for Associate Degree Programs; for Baccalaureate Degree Programs, respectively |
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University Counseling Center Counseling
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Program in Counseling
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International Association of Counseling Services |
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Psychology
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Doctoral internship program
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American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation |
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Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Psychology
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Doctoral internship program
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American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation |
Source: Office of the Provost, September, 1998.
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