Statement of Accreditation Status
Chatham University
- CEO: Dr. Lisa Lambert, President
- Accreditation Liaison Officer: Dr. Matthew Redinger
- Commission Staff Liaison: Kathy Feith, Vice President
- Carnegie Classification: Mixed Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Small » No research designation
- Control: Private (Non-Profit)
- Phase: Accredited
- Status: Non-Compliance Warning
- Accreditation Granted: 1924
- Last Reaffirmation: January 1, 2017
- Next Self-Study Evaluation: 2025-2026
- June 25, 2026
To acknowledge receipt of the self-study report. To note the on-site evaluation visit by Commission representatives to the main campus at 107 Woodland Road Pittsburgh, PA 15232 on March 8-11, 2026. To note the following additional location was visited: 6585 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. To warn the institution that its accreditation may be in jeopardy because of insufficient evidence that the institution is currently in compliance with Standard VI (Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement). To note that the institution remains accredited while on warning. To note further that federal regulations limit the period during which an institution may be in non-compliance, which started on June 25, 2026. To request a monitoring report, due February 16, 2027, demonstrating evidence that the institution has achieved and can sustain ongoing compliance with Standard VI, including but not limited to documented financial resources, funding base, and plans for financial development, adequate to support its educational purposes and programs and to ensure financial stability (Standard VI) (Fourteenth Edition and Evidence Expectations by Standard Guidelines). To direct a follow-up team visit following submission of the monitoring report. To direct a prompt Commission liaison guidance visit to discuss Commission expectations. The date of the next evaluation will be determined upon reaffirmation of accreditation. - March 14, 2024
To acknowledge receipt of the supplemental information report requested by the Commission action of October 31, 2023. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026. - October 31, 2023
Staff acted on behalf of the Commission to request a supplemental information report, due November 30, 2023, that provides additional information on Standard III: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience, Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience, and Standard VI: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026. - September 3, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at VA Caribbean Healthcare System, 10 Casia Street, San Juan, PR 00921. To require immediate notification when instruction ceases at the additional location. 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. - September 3, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at Medical Education Training Services, 9835 South West 72nd Street, Miami, FL 33173. To require immediate notification when instruction ceases at the additional location. 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 2025-2026. - June 27, 2019
To acknowledge receipt of the progress report. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026. - June 22, 2017
To reaffirm accreditation. To request a progress report, due April 1, 2019, documenting further use of assessment results to improve the retention of all students and to measure the impact of retention on financial resources (Standards IV and VI). The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026. - January 3, 2017
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note that the institution has closed its additional location at Centro Universitario Bayamon - UMET, Edificio B, 2do Piso, Esquina Santiago Veve, Centro Gubernamental de Bayamon, Bayamon, PR 00960. To remove this additional location from the institution's accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2016-2017. - April 27, 2015
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request and to include the change in mission within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2016-2017. - November 15, 2012
To accept the Periodic Review Report, to reaffirm accreditation, and to commend the institution for the quality of the Periodic Review Report. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2016-2017. - Distance Education
Approved to offer programs by this delivery method - Correspondence Education
Not approved for this delivery method - Postsecondary award (< 1 year) Included within the scope
- 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
- Main Campus
Chatham University
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232 - Additional Location
Chatham Eastside
6585 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 - Additional Location
Eden Hall Farm
6035 Ridge Road
Richland Township, PA 15044
Approved Credential Levels
The following represents credential levels included in the scope of the institution’s accreditation:
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