SACSCOC Accreditation
The University of North Carolina Wilmington is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation status of UNC Wilmington.
Our institution was successfully reaffirmed in 2013. UNCW will seek its next SACSCOC reaffirmation in 2023.
SACSCOC "is the recognized regional accrediting body in the eleven U.S. Southern states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) and in Latin America for those institutions of higher education that award associate, baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degrees. The Commission on Colleges' Board of Trustees is the representative body of the College Delegate Assembly and is charged with carrying out the accreditation process." (SACSCOC, 2018)
- Find the SACSCOC homepage here.
- Find the SACSCOC Accrediting Standards here.
- Find the Resource Manual for the 2018 Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement here.
- Find the Handbook for Institutions Seeking Reaffirmation here.
Each candidate and member institution maintains a working relationship with the Commission's staff by appointing an Accreditation Liaison. Find the full scope of the responsibilities of the Accreditation Liaison here. Dr. Andy Mauk currently serves as the Accreditation Liaison for UNCW, and his contact information is available below.
Dr. Andy Mauk, Associate Provost, Institutional Research and Planning
mauka@uncw.edu
910.962.7638
SACSCOC Recent Actions
The SACSCOC Board of Trustees has not taken recent action on the activities of this institution.
Recent Actions taken by SACSCOC Board of Trustees »
SACSCOC Fifth Year Interim Report
The Fifth Year Interim Report for SACSCOC serves as an update on accreditation compliance for select standards and principles. The UNCW Fifth Year Report was due in March 2019.
SACSCOC Tenth Year Reaffirmation Report
UNCW will submitting Compliance Certification Reports for the Tenth Year Reaffirmation in 2022-2023. Here is a brief timetable for that review:
| December 9, 2013 | Reaffirmation of Accreditation (no additional report was requested) |
| March 2019 | Fifth-Year Interim Report |
| January 2021 | Launch Reaffirmation Preparation |
| 2021-2022 | Reaffirmation "Year of Record" |
| June 2021 | UNCW Leadership Team Orientation in Atlanta |
| September 2022 | Submission of Tenth Year Compliance Certification |
| November 2022 | Off-site Review |
| December 2022 | Submission of QEP |
| January 2023 | Submission of Focused Report |
| Spring 2023 | On-site Review |
| May 2023 | Submission of Response Report |
| December 2023 | Next Reaffirmation of Accreditation |
Specialized Accreditation
Specialized or programmatic accreditation typically relates to the evaluation of specific programs, departments, or schools that are units within post-secondary institutions. At UNCW, the units who respond to specialized accreditation standards and processes range from large colleges or schools to unique programs within a discipline. Units who seek or achieve specialized accreditation undergo a rigorous self-study and review of quality assurance-related practices, along with extensive measurement against a set of standards.
