Accreditation
Shorter University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees.Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Shorter University.
The music programs at Shorter University are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Teacher education programs are approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
Note: Shorter University changed its name and status on June 1, 2010, and was formerly known as Shorter College.
You may investigate more about Shorter University and its accreditation via these links:
Accreditation & Transferring Credits
"College/University Accreditation" and "Transferring Credits from one College to another College/University" ARE NOT equivalent.But, "College/University Accreditation" is the first step towards the ability to transfer credits earned at one College/University to another College/University.
Please see our page on Transferring Credits for more information on transferring credits earned in a Distance Calculus @ Shorter University course to another College/University.
Should You Be Worried About Accreditation?
Yes.Accreditation of a College/University is very important.
Here is a partial list of some neighbor Colleges/Universities that are accredited by SACS, along with Shorter University. You may also view the entire list of SACS-accredited Colleges/Universities.
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- The University of Georgia
- Baylor University
- Southern Methodist University (SMU)
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- University of Houston
- The University of Texas (at El Paso, et al.)
- William Marsh Rice University
- Grambling State University
- Louisiana State University and A & M College
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Tulane University
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of New Orleans
- Xavier University of Louisiana
- Mississippi State University
- University of Mississippi
- Alabama State University
- Auburn University
- Tuskegee University
- Tuskegee University
- The University of Alabama
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida State University
- University of Central Florida
- University of Florida
- University of Miami
- The Citadel
- Clemson University
- University of South Carolina - Columbia
- Appalachian State University
- Duke University
- North Carolina State University
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Wake Forest University
- The College of William & Mary
- George Mason University
- James Madison University
- Marine Corps University
- Old Dominion University
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Military Institute
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Virginia State University
- Kentucky State University
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville
- Western Kentucky University
- Christian Brothers University
- Tennessee State University
- Tennessee Technological University
- The University of Memphis
- The University of Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University