Accreditation is a process of validation in which colleges and universities are evaluated to ensure certain standards are upheld by the institution. The federal government requires that an institution be accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization in order for its students to be eligible to receive financial aid.
SUNY Broome Community College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (+1 (267) 284-5000). Last accreditation reaffirmed November 17, 2016. View SUNY Broome’s listing on the Middle States Commission website.
Accredited Programs
The College is supervised by the State University of New York and its curricula are registered by the State Education Department.
Several programs at SUNY Broome also have programmatic accreditation. Program-level accreditation is specialized or professional accreditation in which programs must adhere to specific standards set by the accrediting body. Many fields may require employees to have graduated from an accredited program.
The following is a list of academic programs at SUNY Broome that have program-level accreditation.
The Civil Engineering Technology Program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, 415 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
Phone: +1 (410) 347-7700.
Website: www.abet.org/
The Electrical Engineering Technology Program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, 415 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
Phone: +1 (410) 347-7700.
Website: www.abet.org/
The Mechanical Engineering Technology Program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, 415 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
Phone: +1 (410) 347-7700.
Website: www.abet.org/
The SUNY Broome Dental Hygiene Program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and has been granted the accreditation status of “Approval Without Reporting Requirements.” Approval (without reporting requirements) is an accreditation classification granted to an educational program indicting that the program achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation. The Commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education. The Commission on Dental Accreditation can be contacted at +1 (312) 440-4653 or at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2678. The Commission’s web address is: http://www.ada.org/en/coda.
The Nursing program is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and by The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), Inc.
ACEN can be contacted at:
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
Atlanta GA 30326
Phone: +1 (404) 975-5000
Fax: +1 (404) 975-5020
Email: info@acenursing.org
Website: www.acenursing.org
The New York State Board of Regents can be contacted at:
NY State Education Department
Office of the Professions
Division of Professional Licensing Services
Nurse Unit
89 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12234-1000
Phone: +1 (518) 474-3817
The Health Information Tech/Medical Records accreditor of SUNY Broome Community College is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The College’s accreditation for its associate of applied science degree in Health Information Tech/Medical Records has been reaffirmed through 2020.
All inquiries about the program’s accreditation status should be directed by mail to CAHIIM, 200 East Randolph Street, Suite 5100, Chicago IL, 60601; by phone at +1 (312) 235-3255; or by email at info@cahiim.org.
Website: www.cahiim.org
The Radiologic Technology Program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 2850, Chicago, IL 60606-3182.
Phone: +1 (312) 704-5300.
Email: mail@jrcert.org
Website: www.jrcert.org
The SUNY Broome Medical Assistant Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). CAAHEP: 25400 US Highway 19 North, Suite 158, Clearwater, FL 33763.
Phone: +1 (727) 210-2350.
Website: www.caahep.org
The Physical Therapist Assistant Program at SUNY Broome Community College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
Phone: +1 (703) 706-3245.
Email: accreditation@apta.org.
Website: www.capteonline.org.
The Clinical Laboratory Technology program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), 5600 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont, IL 60018.
Phone: +1 (773) 714-8880.
Website: www.naacls.org.
The Fast Forward Program is accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP). 179 East Franklin Street, #578 Chapel Hill, NC, 27514.
Phone: +1 (919) 593-5205.
Fax: +1 (877) 572-8693.
Website: www.nacep.org.
SUNY Broome’s Chemical Dependency Counseling Program is accredited by the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (NYS OASAS). The program’s accreditation was reaffirmed effective June 1, 2019 through June 1, 2022.
Located at 1450 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203.
Phone: +1 (800) 482-9564.
Email: credentialing@oasas.ny.gov.
Website: webapps.oasas.ny.gov/sqa/credentialing
