Accreditations & Affiliations
The university is a fully accredited member of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Many of Southern Utah University’s academic programs have special accreditation or endorsement from the following organizations:
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
- National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC)
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- National Athletic Training Accreditation (NATA)
- National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF)
- Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
SUU is also pursuing accreditation from the following organizations:
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP candidate)
- American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training (ACS candidate)
The university is affiliated with the following organizations:
- American Association for Higher Education
- American Association of State College and Universities
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
- National Rural Education Association (NREA)
- American Library Association
- Association of College and Research Libraries
- Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
- National League for Nursing
- Society for College and University Planning
- Utah Board of Nursing
- Utah State Department of Public Instruction
- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
- Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS)
- Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS)
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
