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Bergen Community College is an accredited institution and member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission) www.msche.org. Bergen Community College’s accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on June 26, 2025, was to reaffirm accreditation. MSCHE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States.
Middle States Documents and References
- Comprehensive Institutional Self-Study Report 2016

- Statement of Accreditation Status – July 2016

- Re-accreditation Letter – June 2016

- New Requirements of Affiliation and Standards for Accreditation – 2014

- Monitoring Report Decision – November 2013

- Monitoring Report – September 2013

- Middle States Action – March 2013

- Small Team Report – October 2012

- Monitoring Report – September 2012

- Evaluation of Periodic Reviewers Report – August 2011

- Periodic Review Report – June 2011

