Statement of Accreditation Status
Saint Elizabeth University
- CEO: Dr. Gary Crosby, President
- Accreditation Liaison Officer: Dr. Anne Bartlett
- Commission Staff Liaison: Dr. Melissa Hardin, Vice President
- Carnegie Classification: Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs » Four-year, very small, primarily residential
- Control: Private (Non-Profit)
- Former Name(s): College of Saint Elizabeth (6/30/2020)
- Phase: Accredited
- Status: Accreditation Reaffirmed
- Accreditation Granted: 1921
- Last Reaffirmation: 2016
- Next Self-Study Evaluation: 2024-2025
- October 29, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at Chilton Medical Center, 97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at each location. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if instruction does not commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. - October 29, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the reclassification of the other instructional site at Thurgood Marshall School, New Jersey, 181-184 Montgomery Street, Irvington, NJ 07111 to an additional location within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when the change is implemented. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023. - April 30, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the first Associate's degree program (Associate of Arts (AA) in General Studies) within the institution's scope of accreditation. To note the Commission may rescind this action if the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. - April 30, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the reclassification of the other instructional site at Chapel Hill Academy, 31 Chapel Hill Road, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035 to an additional location within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when the change is implemented. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2024-2025. - June 22, 2017
To accept the monitoring report. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2024-2025. - June 23, 2016
To reaffirm accreditation and to request a monitoring report, due April 1, 2017, documenting further implementation of (1) a budget process that is aligned with the institution's strategic plan, and steps taken to improve the institution's short- and long-term financial viability and sustainability (Standard 3) and (2) a comprehensive, organized, and sustained process for the assessment of institutional effectiveness with evidence that assessment information is used in budgeting, planning, and allocating resources (Standard 7). The date for the next accreditation review will be determined by the Commission when it revises the accreditation cycle. - February 29, 2016
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the reclassification of the instructional site at Union High School, 2350 North 3rd Street, Union, NJ 07083 as an additional location and to include the location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution of the Commission's request of March 2, 2015 regarding the self-study, in preparation for an evaluation visit in 2015-2016. - March 2, 2015
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the relocation of the following additional locations (1) from Chancellor Avenue Elementary School, 844 Chancellor Avenue, Irvington, NJ 07111 to Irvington Board of Education Complex, 1 University Place, Irvington, NJ 07111; and (2) from Parsippany Troy Hills High School, 577 Vail Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054 to Board of Education Complex, 292 Parsippany Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054 and to include the new additional locations within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within 30 days of the commencement of operations at this additional location and the closure of the other location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution of the request that the self-study, in preparation for an evaluation visit in 2015-2016, document the implementation of the process to assess the achievement of student learning goals in doctoral programs (Standard 14). - September 2, 2014
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at Bound Brook High School, 111 West Union Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ 08805 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this additional location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution of the request that the self-study, in preparation for an evaluation visit in 2015-2016, document the implementation of the process to assess the achievement of student learning goals in doctoral programs (Standard 14). - March 3, 2014
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the reclassification of the instructional sites at (1) Chancellor Avenue Elementary School, Irvington, NJ 07111; and (2) Martin Luther King Elementary School, 851 East 28th Street, Paterson, NJ 07513 as additional locations and to include the locations within the scope of the institution's accreditation. - March 3, 2014
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request and to include the Doctorate in Psychology (Psy.D.) in Counseling Psychology within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To request that the self-study, in preparation for an evaluation visit in 2015-2016, document the implementation of the process to assess the achievement of student learning goals in doctoral programs (Standard 14). - February 1, 2014
To note that the institution has been granted a one-year delay in its decennial evaluation. The next evaluation visit is now scheduled for 2015-2016. - November 18, 2010
To accept the Periodic Review Report and to reaffirm accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2014-2015.
- Distance Education
Approved to offer programs by this delivery method - Correspondence Education
Not approved for this delivery method
Approved Credential Levels
The following represents credential levels included in the scope of the institution’s accreditation:
- Postsecondary award (1-2 yrs) Included within the scope
- Associate's Degree or Equivalent Included within the scope to offer ONE program: Associate of Arts (AA) in General Studies
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Included within the scope
- Post-baccalaureate Certificate Included within the scope
- Master's Degree or Equivalent Included within the scope
- Doctor's Degree - Professional Practice Included within the scope to offer ONE program: Doctorate in Psychology in Counseling Psychology
- Doctor's Degree- Research/Scholarship Included within the scope to offer ONE program
- Additional Location
Atlantic Health Systems
Overlook Hospital 99 Beauvoir Avenue
Summit, NJ 07902 - Additional Location
Barnert Hospital
680 Broadway
Paterson, NY 07514 - Additional Location
Belleville High School
100 Passaic Avenue
Belleville, NJ 07109 - Additional Location
Bergenfield High School
80 South Prospect Avenue
Bergenfiled, NJ 07621 - Additional Location
Board of Education Complex
292 Parsippany Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Opened: 08/31/2015 - Additional Location
Bon Secours and Canterbury
176 Palisade Avenue
Hoboken, NJ 07306 - Additional Location
Bound Brook High School
111 West Union Avenue
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
Opened: 09/02/2014 - Additional Location
Chapel Hill Academy
31 Chapel Hill Road
Lincoln Park, NJ 07035
Opened: 08/19/2019 - Additional Location
Chilton Medical Center
97 West Parkway
Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 - Additional Location
Columbia Middle School
345 Plainfield Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 - Additional Location
Hackensack University Hospital
30 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Opened: 05/05/2010 - Additional Location
Hackettstown Regional Medical Center
651 Willow Grove Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Opened: 04/16/2009 - Additional Location
Hoboken University Medical Center
176 Palisade Avenue
Hoboken, NJ 07306 - Additional Location
Honeywell
101 Columbia Road
Morristown, NJ 07960 - Additional Location
Irvington Board of Education Complex
1 University Place
Irvington, NJ 07111
Opened: 09/02/2015 - Additional Location
Jefferson Township Public Schools
28 Bowling Green Parkway
Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849 - Additional Location
Martin Luther King Elementary School
851 East 28th Street
Paterson, NJ 07513
Opened: 03/03/2014 - Additional Location
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
One Crest Way
Aberdeen, NJ 07747 - Additional Location
Metuchen Diocesan Center
146 Metlars Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854 - Additional Location
Millburn Township School District
434 Millburn Avenue
Millburn, NJ 07041 - Additional Location
Morristown Memorial Hospital
100 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960 - Additional Location
Mount Olive Middle School
160 Wolfe Road
Budd Lake, NJ 07828 - Additional Location
Newark Preschool Council, Inc.
Audrey West School Headstart Program 168-174 Rosewille Avenue
Newark, NJ 07107 - Additional Location
Newark Preschool Council, Inc.
Sharpe James School Head Start Program 221-223 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07621 - Additional Location
Newton Hospital
175 High Street
Newton, NJ 07860 - Additional Location
North Plainfield High School
34 Wilson Ave.
North Plainfield, NJ 07060 - Additional Location
Northern Highlands Regional High School
298 Hillside Avenue
Allendale, NJ 07401 - Additional Location
Novartis, Inc.
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936
Opened: 03/31/2010 - Additional Location
Oscar Romero Adult Education and Retreat Center
St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral 2907 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08105
Opened: 11/04/2009 - Additional Location
Our Lady of Consolation
1799 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470 - Additional Location
Our Lady of the Lake School
294 Sparta Ave
Sparta, NJ 07871 - Additional Location
Passaic CCC/St. Joseph's Hospital
703 Main St.
Paterson, NJ 07503 - Additional Location
Pope John Paul II Retreat Center
414 South 8th Street
Vineland, NJ 08360 - Additional Location
Randolph Township Schools
25 School House Road
Randolph, NJ 07869 - Additional Location
Ridgewood Village School District
49 Cottage Place
Ridgewood, NJ 07451 - Additional Location
Saint Anthony School
95 Myrtle Ave.
Passaic, NJ 07055 - Additional Location
Saint Clare's Hospital
25 West Blackwell Avenue
Dover, NJ 07081 - Additional Location
Saint Clare's Hospital
25 Pocono Road
Denville, NJ 07834 - Additional Location
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
105 Summer Road
Three Bridges, NJ 08887 - Additional Location
Saint Pius X Spiritual Life Center
1840 Peter Cheeseman Road
Blackwood, NJ 08012 - Additional Location
Somerville Elementary School
45 South Pleasant Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450 - Additional Location
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish
500 Route 22
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 - Additional Location
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Hall
105 Summer Road
Three Bridges, NJ 08887 - Additional Location
St. Francis de Sales Parish
125 Union Street
Lodi, NJ 07644 - Additional Location
St. Francis Hospital
25 MCWILLIAMS PLACE
Jersey City, NJ 07302 - Additional Location
St. Joseph High School
145 Plainfield Ave.
Metuchen, NJ 08840 - Additional Location
St. Mary's Hospital
350 Boulevard
Passaic, NJ 07055 - Additional Location
St. Philip Parish
797 Valley Road
Clifton, NJ 07013
Opened: 09/01/2010 - Additional Location
Thurgood Marshall School , New Jersey
181-184 Montgomery Street
Irvington, NJ 07111 - Additional Location
Trinitas/Union CC
12 West Jersey Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07102 - Additional Location
Union High School
2350 North 3rd Street
Union, NJ 07083
Opened: 02/29/2016 - Additional Location
Valley Hospital
223 North Van Dien Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450 - Additional Location
Valley Hospital
15 Essex Road
Paramus, NJ 07652 - Additional Location
Vincentian Renewal Center
75 Maple Avenue
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 - Additional Location
Vincentian Renewal Center :as of Spg 02
Plainsboro, NJ - Additional Location
West Morris Regional High School Distric
259 Bartley Road
Chester, NJ 07930 - Additional Location
West Morris Regional High School District
259 Bartley Road
Chester, NJ 07930 - Other Instructional Site
Sussex County Community College
1 College Hill Rd
Newton, NJ 07860 - Other Instructional Site
The University of Finance and Management
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Poland
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