{"id":8457,"date":"2022-07-15T14:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?page_id=8457"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:41:32","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regional accreditation is the recognized standard of institutional accreditation in the United States. Boston University is regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).<\/p>\n<p>The Boston University School of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Founded in 1924, NASM is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges, and universities with over 600 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials, and membership is gained only by the peer review process of accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Boston University School of Visual Arts is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). NASAD, founded in 1944, is an organization of schools, colleges, and universities. It has approximately 346 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials.<\/p>\n<h4>New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)<br \/>\n<span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 100<br \/>\nBurlington, MA 01803<\/p>\n<p>NECHE direct line:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:7814257714\">781-425-7785<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neche.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More about NECHE<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)<\/h4>\n<p>11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21<br \/>\nReston, VA 20190-5248<\/p>\n<p>Fax: 703-437-6312<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/nasm.arts-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More about NASM<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)<\/h4>\n<p>11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21<br \/>\nReston, VA 20190-5248<\/p>\n<p>Fax: 703-437-6312<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/nasad.arts-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More about NASAD<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"callouts has-1\">\n<div class=\"callout blue\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/CFA-855-Comm-Ave-Building-Will-Horne.jpg\" alt=\"Boston University College of Fine Arts\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h4>CFA Rankings &amp; Achievements<\/h4>\n<p>The College of Fine Arts is one of the best fine and performing arts colleges in the world. But don\u2019t take our word for it. CFA is honored to be regularly recognized among lists of top arts schools by lauded publications including <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em>, <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, and <em>Backstage<\/em>, among others.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/rankings\/\">Recent Recognitions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional accreditation is the recognized standard of institutional accreditation in the United States. Boston University is regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The Boston University School of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Founded in 1924, NASM is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14125,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8457"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113881,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8457\/revisions\/113881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=8457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}