Middle States Accreditation

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About Middle States Accreditation

As a regional accrediting body, MSCHE examines each of its member institutions every five years through periodic reviews and evaluations to promote high quality practices and ensure compliance with its standards. As its mission states, MSCHE “is a voluntary, non-governmental, membership association that is dedicated to quality assurance and improvement through accreditation via peer evaluation. Middle States accreditation instills public confidence in institutional mission, goals, performance, and resources through its rigorous accreditation standards and their enforcement.” Fisher received its initial accreditation from Middle States in 1957. Additional information about Fisher's Middle States accreditation can be found at

Maintaining Middle States accreditation demonstrates an institutional commitment to educational and operational excellence. St. John Fisher University engages in a self-study process as part of accreditation renewal. The self-study culminates with an external review team’s site visit. 

Contact information for the Middle State Commission is:

Mid-Atlantic Region Commission on Higher Education dba Middle States Commission on Higher Education
c/o Norwest Registered Agent, LLC
502 W.7th St., STE 100
Erie, PA 16502

Current Self-Study Process

The next site visit by external reviewers will take place in Spring 2025. View additional information about the current self-study process at  (login required).