Northern Illinois University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. The university is also fully accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education to offer teacher education programs and offers several teacher certification programs which are approved by the Illinois State Board of Education. NIU is included in the Research Universities–High Activity category of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and is a member of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
The university and its colleges have institutional membership or other affiliations in or with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, American Council on Education, Association of State Colleges and Universities, Council of Graduate Schools, and Universities Research Association.
For more information on accredited programs, visit the Office of the Provost Web site or call (815) 753-8387.
Programs leading to the baccalaureate and master’s degrees are accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
The emphasis in athletic training available in the B.S. major in kinesiology is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
The Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education's M.S.Ed. programs in community counseling, school counseling and student development in higher education, and the Ed.D. program in counseling, are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
The undergraduate programs in electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
In the technology program, the emphases in electrical engineering technology and manufacturing engineering technology are accredited by ABET, and the emphasis in industrial technology is accredited by the National Association of Industrial Technology.
The Master of Public Administration degree offered by the Department of Political Science has its standards certified by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.
The clinical psychology area within the Doctor of Philosophy degree program in the Department of Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.
The School of Allied Health Professions offers M.P.H. and M.P.T. programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy respectively.
The Department of Communicative Disorders offers the Au.D. and an M.A. with a specialization in speech-language pathology that are accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a specialization in rehabilitation counseling that holds accreditation from the Council on Rehabilitation Education.
In the School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences, the B.S. in family and child studies is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children Inc. and the Dietetic Internship, taken in conjunction with the M.S. degree in nutrition and dietetics, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education.
The specialization in marriage and family therapy in the Master of Science program in applied family and child studies is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy.
The undergraduate and graduate programs in the School of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
The clinical laboratory sciences program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS).
The programs in art, music, and theatre arts are accredited, respectively, by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the National Association of Schools of Music, and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
The College of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.