Jackson State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award the bachelor’s, master’s, education specialist, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Public Health degrees.
- The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- American Chemical Society
- American Psychological Association
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
- Council on Rehabilitation Education
- Council on Social Work Education
- Counseling for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
- National Association of Industrial Technology
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
- National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
- American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
- American Business Communication Association
- American College Health Association
- American Council on Education
- American Schools of Construction
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Association of American Colleges
- Association of College Unions International
- Association of Departments of English
- Association of Departments of Foreign Language
- Association of State Colleges and Universities
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- Campus Compact
- Cooperative Education Association
- Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
- Council of Graduate Schools
- Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools
- Council of Southern Graduate Schools
- Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA)
- Institute of International Education
- Midwest Association of Graduate Schools
- Mississippi Academy?of Sciences
- Mississippi Association of College Student Affairs Professionals
- Mississippi Association of Colleges
- Mississippi Association of Colleges and Employers
- Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Mississippi Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
- Mississippi Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
- Mississippi Counseling Association
- National Association of College Deans, Registrars and Admissions Officers
- National Association of Colleges and Employers
- National Association of Student Affairs Professionals
- National Association of Veterans Programs Administrators
- National Center for Public Service Internship Program
- National Collegiate Honors Council
- National Commission on Accrediting
- National Council for Small Business Management Development
- National Student Exchange
- Southeastern Association of Colleges and Employers