Governance and Accreditation

Under the Education Law of the State of New York, a Board of Trustees governs and bears full responsibility for Mount Saint Mary College, an incorporated institution. The Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York has chartered Mount Saint Mary College.

Mount Saint Mary College is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) www.msche.org. Mount Saint Mary College accreditation status is Non-Compliance Warning. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on June 25, 2026 was to warn the institution. MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States.

The following have accredited Mount Saint Mary College:

• The New York State Department of Education
• The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
• The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• The International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE)
• Mount Saint Mary College is currently pursuing accreditation of its educator preparation programs by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP). Pursuant to §52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, the educator preparation programs offered by Mount Saint Mary College are considered to be continuously accredited for purposes of meeting the New York State requirement that all such programs maintain continuous accreditation.

Accrediting and licensing documents may be reviewed in the Office of Academic Affairs.