CAHSS Rankings and Accreditations
CAHSS Accreditations
Programs within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University are accredited by national accrediting agencies, including those listed below.
A&T’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC), an honor achieved by only one other school in the University of North Carolina system, UNC Chapel Hill.
A&T’s program is one of three accredited journalism and mass communication programs in North Carolina - N.C. A&T, Elon, and UNC Chapel Hill, and is one of only seven accredited programs at the nation’s HBCUs, and 118 programs globally.
The Theater Arts Program in Acting and Theater Technology, located within the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) since 1981, and is one of the oldest accredited theater programs among the nation’s HBCUs.
The Music Program, located within the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) since 1991, and is one of the oldest music programs among the nation’s HBCUs.
CAHSS Rankings
Programs in arts, journalism, music and theater are ranked among the best at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
In the latest rankings released by HBCU-Colleges.com, CAHSS secured impressive positions, attaining the No. 4 ranking for HBCU arts schools and HBCU journalism schools and No. 6 in the HBCU music schools category.
The Theater Arts Program is ranked the No. 1 theatre program among HBCUs in North Carolina, and out of 34 HBCUs with theatre programs in the U.S., the program is ranked #3 in the nation, according to HBCU-Colleges.com.
Additionally, rankings show North Carolina A&T produces the most Black graduates in journalism and liberal arts than any other university in America.
See links below:
https://www.ncat.edu/news/2024/02/cahss-program-rankings.php
https://www.ncat.edu/news/2023/02/top-national-hbcu-ranking.php
