{"id":251,"date":"2024-03-06T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:36:25","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/reporting\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle States Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-727 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/03\/MSCHE_Logo.png\" alt=\"Logo for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education including the letters MSCHE with three blue vertical lines\" width=\"179\" height=\"54\" \/>St. Mary&#8217;s College of Maryland (SMCM) is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msche.org\/\">www.msche.org<\/a>. SMCM&#8217;s accreditation status is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msche.org\/institution\/0177\/\">Accreditation Reaffirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s most recent action on the institution\u2019s accreditation status on June 26, 2025 was to reaffirm accreditation. MSCHE is 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\u2019s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SMCM&#8217;s last self-study was in 2024-25.<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/reaffirmation-of-accreditation\/\">Read the Executive Summary and the full report here (SMCM community only)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<em>SMCM&#8217;s next self-study will be in 2032-33.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Annual Institutional Profiles (AIPs) Archives<\/h2>\n<p>These records are archived and are maintained for historical, research, or recordkeeping purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>Annual Institutional Profiles (AIPs) provided to MSCHE through 2017 are below. In 2018, the AIP was replaced by the Annual Institutional Update (AIU), which is maintained on MSCHE&#8217;s internal portal page.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/12\/MSCHE-2017-AIP-Complete-4-26-17.pdf\">2017 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/msche-2016-aip-complete-4-15-16.pdf\">2016 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/msche-aip-2015-final-03-26-15.pdf\">2015 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/2014AIP.pdf\">2014 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/2013AIP.pdf\">2013 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/2012AIP.pdf\">2012 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/2011AIP.pdf\">2011 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2015\/01\/2010AIP.pdf\">2010 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary&#8217;s College of Maryland (SMCM) is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission), www.msche.org. 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