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Institutional Accreditations, Approvals, and Memberships

 

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission of Colleges (SACS)

Accrediting Standards

 

Accredited; charter member; Level V

Washington and Lee University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Juris Doctor, and Master of Laws. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Washington and Lee University.

 
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)

original, 1948; most recent, 2007

accredited; one of the original group accredited by the Council
 

AACSB International: The Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business

original, 1927; most recent, 2008

accredited
 

American Bar Association, Council on Legal Education (ABA)

original, 1923; most recent 2008-09

accredited; in initial group of "Class A" approvals
 

American Chemical Society (ACS)

original, 1941; most recent, 2005; next, 2010

approved
 

Association of American Law Schools (AALS)

original, 1920; most recent, 2001; next, 2008

approved
 

Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)

original, 1946

approved for veteran's education; renewed on review of new catalog

 

 
      

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