Accreditation and Affiliation
Accreditation & Affiliation
Guilford College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30330-4097; Telephone number (404) 679-4501; www.sacscoc.org] to award baccalaureate degrees. It is also affiliated with the Council on Post-secondary Education.
Guilford is on the list of colleges and universities approved by the American Medical Association, and the teacher education program is accredited by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Credits earned at Guilford are accepted at face value in admission to graduate and professional schools and in certification of teaching.
Guilford College holds membership in a number of organizations formed by colleges and universities: the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, the North Carolina Adult Education Association, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the North Carolina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the North Carolina Honors Association, the National Collegiate Honors Council, the Friends Association for Higher Education, The College Board, the Southern University Conference, and the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities.
It is listed in the Baccalaureate Colleges-Liberal Arts category by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.