NASM Accreditation

General Accreditation Statement

VCSU is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA),the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and the Association of Schools of Music (NASM). The community School of the Arts is a certified member of the national Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. The Kathryn Center for Lifelong Learning is a member of the International Association of Continuing Education and Training.
National Association of Schools of Music
The National Association of Schools of Music was founded in 1924 for the purposes of securing a better understanding among institutions of higher education engaged in work in music; of establishing a more uniform method of granting credit; and of developing and maintaining basic, threshold standards for the granting of degrees and other credentials.