Western Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (http://www.sacscoc.org/) to award bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctor's degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Western Carolina University.

In addition to this institutional accreditation, other program specific accreditations, certifications, endorsements, and memberships in the College of Health and Human Sciences are as follows:

• American Dietetic Association
• Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs in cooperation with the Council on Accreditation of the American Health Information Management Association, and the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Professions
• Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• Council on Social Work Education
• National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Science and Protection
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
• North Carolina Board of Nursing
• North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission