Accreditation

MSCHE Accreditation

Northampton Community College is fully accredited by the institutional accreditor—Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).

 

MSCHE assures students and the public of the educational quality for over 500 colleges and universities, ensuring institutional accountability, self-appraisal, improvement, and innovation through the accreditation process.

 

You can view NCC’s Institutional Profile on  MSCHE’s website.



Institutional Accreditation 

Institutional accreditation normally applies to an entire institution, indicating that each of an institution's parts is contributing to the achievement of the institution's objectives, although not necessarily all at the same level of quality. Northampton Community College is fully accredited by the institutional accreditor—Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE assures students and the public of the educational quality for over 500 colleges and universities, ensuring institutional accountability, self-appraisal, improvement, and innovation through the accreditation process. You may view NCC’s Institutional Profile here. Additional information about the Middle States Commission on Higher Education may be found below.

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

Programmatic Accreditation 

Specialized or programmatic accreditation normally applies to programs, departments, or schools that are parts of an institution. Programmatic accreditation can demonstrate that a specific department meets established standards for a certain field of study. For example, many prospective employers require graduation from a program accredited by a certain programmatic accrediting agency, and licensure requirements for some fields in certain states require recognized programmatic accreditation. The following are the NCC programs with specialized programmatic accreditation, along with information about each of the accrediting bodies:





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3835 Green Pond Road
Bethlehem PA 18020
610.861.5300

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