Other Accreditation Agencies

In addition to the Middle States accreditation process, some schools and departments are also accredited by other accreditation agencies.  These accreditation agencies are discipline-specific, and their accreditation authority applies only to the school or department under review.  

A list of the individual schools or departments at Carnegie Mellon that are accredited by discipline-specific agencies is listed below. 

Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT)
Accreditation Agency: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Last reviewed: 2000

School of Architecture
Accreditation Agency: National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
Last reviewed: 2005

School of Art
Accreditation Agency: National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
Last reviewed: 1994

School of Design
Accreditation Agency: National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
Last reviewed: 1994

School of Music
Accreditation Agency: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
Last reviewed: 2001

Department of Chemistry
Accreditation Agency: American Chemical Society
Last reviewed: 2006

H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Accreditation Agency: National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
Last reviewed: 2007

Tepper School of Business
Accreditation Agency: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)
Last reviewed: 2005