{"id":2586,"date":"2026-07-06T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/?page_id=2586"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:37:23","slug":"cohp-specialized-and-programmatic-accreditors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/cohp-specialized-and-programmatic-accreditors\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized and Programmatic Accreditors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"1vl8nzl\" data-start=\"2373\" data-end=\"2414\">Accrediting Agency Contact Information<\/h2>\n<p>Specialized accreditation signifies that academic programs meet nationally recognized standards for educational quality and prepare graduates for professional licensure, certification, employment, and advanced education.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"gt3d19\" data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2476\">Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2601\"><strong data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2489\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acenursing.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2490\" data-end=\"2516\">https:\/\/www.acenursing.org<\/a><br data-start=\"2516\" data-end=\"2519\" \/>3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400<br data-start=\"2553\" data-end=\"2556\" \/>Atlanta, GA 30326<br data-start=\"2573\" data-end=\"2576\" \/><strong data-start=\"2576\" data-end=\"2586\">Phone:<\/strong> (404) 975-5000<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2601\">Program: School of Nursing<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"15j0wso\" data-start=\"2603\" data-end=\"2677\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"15j0wso\" data-start=\"2603\" data-end=\"2677\">Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2678\" data-end=\"2827\"><strong data-start=\"2678\" data-end=\"2690\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eatrightpro.org\/acend\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2691\" data-end=\"2724\">https:\/\/www.eatrightpro.org\/acend<\/a><br data-start=\"2724\" data-end=\"2727\" \/>120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190<br data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2767\" \/>Chicago, IL 60606-6995<br data-start=\"2789\" data-end=\"2792\" \/><strong data-start=\"2792\" data-end=\"2802\">Phone:<\/strong> (800) 877-1600 ext. 5400<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2678\" data-end=\"2827\">Program: Nutrition &amp; 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Conditioning (Bachelors and Masters)<\/h3>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"7aiapx\" data-start=\"3614\" data-end=\"3663\">Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3664\" data-end=\"3778\"><strong data-start=\"3664\" data-end=\"3676\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ceph.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3677\" data-end=\"3693\">https:\/\/ceph.org<\/a><br data-start=\"3693\" data-end=\"3696\" \/>1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 220<br data-start=\"3724\" data-end=\"3727\" \/>Silver Spring, MD 20910<br data-start=\"3750\" data-end=\"3753\" \/><strong data-start=\"3753\" data-end=\"3763\">Phone:<\/strong> (202) 789-1050<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3664\" data-end=\"3778\">Program: Public Health<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"zo08n9\" data-start=\"3780\" data-end=\"3823\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"zo08n9\" data-start=\"3780\" data-end=\"3823\">Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3824\" data-end=\"3945\"><strong data-start=\"3824\" data-end=\"3836\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cswe.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3837\" data-end=\"3857\">https:\/\/www.cswe.org<\/a><br data-start=\"3857\" data-end=\"3860\" \/>333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 400<br data-start=\"3894\" data-end=\"3897\" \/>Alexandria, VA 22314<br data-start=\"3917\" data-end=\"3920\" \/><strong data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"3930\">Phone:<\/strong> (703) 683-8080<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3824\" data-end=\"3945\">Program: Social Work<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1ifpxib\" data-start=\"3947\" data-end=\"4020\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1ifpxib\" data-start=\"3947\" data-end=\"4020\">National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4021\" data-end=\"4141\"><strong data-start=\"4021\" data-end=\"4033\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/naacls.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4034\" data-end=\"4052\">https:\/\/naacls.org<\/a><br data-start=\"4052\" data-end=\"4055\" \/>5600 North River Road, Suite 720<br data-start=\"4087\" data-end=\"4090\" \/>Rosemont, IL 60018-5119<br data-start=\"4113\" data-end=\"4116\" \/><strong data-start=\"4116\" data-end=\"4126\">Phone:<\/strong> (773) 714-8880<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4021\" data-end=\"4141\">Program: Clinical Laboratory Sciences<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"dom21i\" data-start=\"4143\" data-end=\"4219\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"dom21i\" data-start=\"4143\" data-end=\"4219\">Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4220\" data-end=\"4334\"><strong data-start=\"4220\" data-end=\"4232\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caahep.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4233\" data-end=\"4255\">https:\/\/www.caahep.org<\/a><br data-start=\"4255\" data-end=\"4258\" \/>9355 113th Street N., #7709<br data-start=\"4285\" data-end=\"4288\" \/>Seminole, FL 33775<br data-start=\"4306\" data-end=\"4309\" \/><strong data-start=\"4309\" data-end=\"4319\">Phone:<\/strong> (727) 210-2350<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4220\" data-end=\"4334\">Program: Associates in Nursing<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"xm4j4a\" data-start=\"4336\" data-end=\"4418\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"xm4j4a\" data-start=\"4336\" data-end=\"4418\">Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4419\" data-end=\"4524\"><strong data-start=\"4419\" data-end=\"4431\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jrcdms.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4432\" data-end=\"4454\">https:\/\/www.jrcdms.org<\/a><br data-start=\"4454\" data-end=\"4457\" \/>P.O. Box 2050<br data-start=\"4470\" data-end=\"4473\" \/>Ellicott City, MD 21041<br data-start=\"4496\" data-end=\"4499\" \/><strong data-start=\"4499\" data-end=\"4509\">Phone:<\/strong> 304-973-3251<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4419\" data-end=\"4524\">Program Sonography<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"of5j2b\" data-start=\"4526\" data-end=\"4599\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/h3>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"of5j2b\" data-start=\"4526\" data-end=\"4599\">Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4600\" data-end=\"4721\"><strong data-start=\"4600\" data-end=\"4612\">Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jrcert.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4613\" data-end=\"4635\">https:\/\/www.jrcert.org<\/a><br data-start=\"4635\" data-end=\"4638\" \/>20 N. 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Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) Website: https:\/\/www.acenursing.org3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400Atlanta, GA 30326Phone: (404) 975-5000 Program: School of Nursing &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Accreditation Council for Education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":959,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2586\/revisions\/2615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}