Accreditation
National Accreditation
Southern Virginia University is accredited by the American Academy for Liberal Education, located at 127 S. Peyton Street, Suite 210, Alexandria, VA 22314. Phone: 703-717-9719. Website: aale.org.
AALE granted preaccreditation (candidacy for accreditation) to Southern Virginia in 2000 then full institutional accreditation in 2003. AALE renewed the university's accreditation in 2008.
Regional Accreditation
Southern Virginia University is a candidate for accreditation with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4501 for questions about the status of Southern Virginia University.
More at sacscoc.org.
State Certification
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia certifies Southern Virginia University to operate and grant baccalaureate degrees.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
101 North Fourteenth Street
Richmond, VA 23219
p: 804-225-2600
www.schev.edu
Public Complaints
Southern Virginia University seeks to meet the reasonable expectations of students, faculty, staff and, as appropriate, the general public. If a member of the general public wishes to raise a concern about the university, he or she should submit the complaint in writing to the appropriate university officer or use the online feedback form. The university will endeavor to resolve the concern. If the university’s response fails to produce a satisfactory resolution, the matter may then be referred to The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or to one of the university's accrediting agencies. A complaint should be addressed to one of these agencies only in the rare case when all of the university’s channels for resolving the concern have been exhausted.