Accreditation

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

In addition, specific programs are separately accredited or approved by the:

Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) - Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International)
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP)
Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)
Texas Board of Nursing (BON)

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a member of:

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
American Council on Education
Association for Continuing Higher Education
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Council of Graduate Schools
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities