The New School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE, 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #16, Wilmington, DE 19801). MSCHE is an institutional accreditor and federally recognized body. MSCHE is authorized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education, including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The commission鈥檚 geographical area of accrediting activities is the entire United States.
The New School has been accredited by MSCHE since 1960. The commission鈥檚 most recent action on the institution鈥檚 accreditation status, on November 20, 2025, was to reaffirm accreditation. .听
Additionally, all degree programs at the New York City campus of The New School are registered by the , also known as NYSED. All degree-granting institutions with a physical presence in New York must have authorization from the New York State Board of Regents (鈥淩egents鈥) to operate as a college or university. NYSED reviews, approves, and registers all individual programs of study leading to degrees and credit-bearing certificates according to standards of academic quality in the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. Together Regents authorization to confer degrees and NYSED program registration make up the mandatory State approval process. NYSED鈥檚 Inventory of Registered Programs is a list of authorized New York institutions and their registered programs. You can search for The New School鈥檚 programs by searching the inventory .听
Parsons Paris is a registered branch campus of The New School and is accredited by MSCHE. In addition, Parsons Paris has the authorization of the French Ministry of Education to operate in France.
The appropriate professional educational agency or board accredits professional curricula at The New School. Accrediting agencies of individual programs are listed below:
- The BBA in Design and Management is registered as a Bachelor of Business Administration through NYSED and is listed as a Bachelor of Business Administration in Design and Management by The New School.
- The master鈥檚 program in architecture has been accredited by the since 1994.
- The doctoral clinical psychology program has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the n since 1981.
- The master鈥檚 program in public and urban policy has been accredited by the 聽(formerly the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration) since 1988.