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Accreditation
As you explore your seminary education, keep in mind that accreditation through the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) is extremely important. The rigorous academic standards required by ATS will ensure that your credits will transfer to other graduate schools or that licensing bodies for denominations, hospital, military, and prison chaplains program will accept your degree. Many seminary programs originate and offer programs from schools that lack accreditation.
Educational accreditation is a rigorous process by which an institution is evaluated by an external organization for educational quality and effectiveness. For graduate theological education, the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) serves as this accrediting agency. To be accredited, a school must undergo an initial review that examines a wide variety of factors, including library holdings, faculty quality, and financial stability. The ATS Commissioners repeat this process on a regular basis to make sure each of its schools maintain an acceptable level of academic quality.
No other seminary in New York has more accreditation than Northeastern Seminary to guarantee the quality of your theological education. Northeastern Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE), and the New York State Board of Regents.
All degree programs at Northeastern Seminary are accredited by the following
state, regional, and professional accrediting institutions:
Professional
The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and
Canada. The Association of Theological Schools is a membership
organization of graduate schools that conduct
post-baccalaureate professional and academic degree programs to educate persons
for the practice of ministry and for teaching and research in the theological
disciplines.
10 Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275-1103,
412.788.6505
Regional
The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools is the largest institutional
accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the
council for Higher Education Accreditation. This Commission is recognized by
the United States Secretary of Education for accrediting activities in the Middle
States region, which includes the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215.662.5606
State
The New York State Board of Regents granted academic
accreditation to NES in 1998. Richard P. Mills, Commissioner of Education, New York
State Board of Regents, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington
Avenue, 5 North Mezzanine, Albany, New York 12234, 518.474.2593.