Specialized Accreditation

Seattle Pacific University has specialized accreditation for a number of programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Below we list the most recent date of accreditation and link to the specialized accreditation reports.

For a complete list of those organizations, please refer to either the Undergraduate or Graduate catalogs.

Undergraduate

Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems

• Accrediting agency: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
• Date of next report: Fall 2019
• Contact: Ross Stewart, dean (restewart@spu.edu)

Dietetics

• Accrediting agency: Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Date of next report: Fall 2021
• Contact: Sandra Hartje, family and consumer sciences chair (shartje@spu.edu)

Education

• Accrediting agency: Professional Educator Standards Board
• Date of next report: Spring 2020
• Contact: David Denton, director of assessment (dentod@spu.edu)

Computer Engineering, General Engineering, and Electrical Engineering

• Accrediting agency: ABET
• Date of next report: Fall 2023
• Contact: Melani Plett, director of engineering and computer science programs (mplett@spu.edu)

Music [link to report pending]

• Accrediting agency: National Association of Schools of Music
• Date of next report: April 2026
• Contact: Debra Sequeira, dean (dsequeira@spu.edu)

Music Therapy [link to report pending]

• Accrediting agency: American Music Therapy Association
• Date of next report:
• Contact: Carlene Brown, director (browncj@spu.edu)

Nursing

• Accrediting agency: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• Date of next report: Fall 2018
• Contact: Linda Meerdink, program administrative assistant (lmeerdink@spu.edu)

Theatre [link to report pending]

• Accrediting agency: National Association of Schools of Theatre
• Date of next report: November 2017
• Contact: Andrew Ryder, theatre chair (aryder@spu.edu)

Graduate

MFA in Creative Writing

• Accrediting agency: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
• Date of next report: N/A
• Contact: Dena Jones, program coordinator (denajones@spu.edu)

Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Information Systems Management

• Accrediting agency: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
• Date of next report: Fall 2019
• Contact: Ross Stewart, dean (restewart@spu.edu)

PhD in Clinical Psychology

• Accrediting agency: American Psychological Association
• Date of next report: Fall 2019
• Contact: Heather Maguire, program coordinator (maguireh@spu.edu)

MS in Marriage and Family Therapy

• Accrediting agency: Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
• Date of next report: Fall 2020
• Contact: Katie Bennett, program administrative assistant (kbennett@spu.edu)

MS in Nursing

• Accrediting agency: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• Date of next report: Fall 2018
• Contact: Katie Bennett, program administrative assistant (kbennett@spu.edu)

MEd in School Counseling

• Accrediting agency: Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
• Date of next report: Spring 2023
• Contact: David Denton, director of assessment (dentod@spu.edu)

Seattle Pacific Seminary

• Accrediting agency: Association of Theological Schools
• Date of next report: Spring 2023
• Contact: Laura Holmes, associate dean, graduate studies (lcsholmes@spu.edu)