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Accreditation and Memberships

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Point Loma Nazarene University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), for which it periodically completes a self-study that addresses recognized standards and principles of excellence.

WASC may be contacted at 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, or by telephone at (510) 748-9001.

In addition, Point Loma Nazarene University has gained professional and program accreditation from the following agencies:

American Dietetic Association
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs

California Board of Registered Nursing

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

National Association of Schools of Music


Point Loma Nazarene University and individual faculty members hold membership in the following organizations:

Academy of Management

African Studies Association
Alpha Psi Omega, Theatre Honor Fraternity
American Academy of Religion
American Anthropological Association
American Association for Higher Education
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Christian Counselors

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities
American Chemical Society
American Choral Directors Association
American College Health Association
American College of Nurse-Midwives

American College of Sports Medicine
American College Personnel Association
American Conference of Academic Deans
American Council on Education
American Counseling Association
American Dietetic Association
American Economic Association
American Educational Research Association
American Historical Association
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Library Association
American Marketing Association
American Mathematical Society
American Physical Society
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American School Counselors' Association

American Scientific Affiliation
American Sociological Association
American Studies Association
Associated Writing Programs
Association for Christians in Student Development
Association for Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Association for Institutional Research
Association for Psychological Science
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Association for Women in Mathematics
Association for Women’s Health and Neonatal Nurses
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Association of California Nurse Leaders
Association of California School Administrators

Association of Christian Economists
Association of Christian Librarians
Association of Christian Schools International
Association of Christian Schools International Administrators
Association of College and Research Libraries
Association of Computing Machinery
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
Association of the United States Army
Broadcast Education Association
Bronte Society
California Academic and Research Libraries
California Association for Resource Specialists and Special Education Teachers
California Association of Bilingual Educators

California Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
California Association of Colleges of Nursing
California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
California Association of Professors of Education Administration
California Association of Teachers of English
California
Clinical Nurse Specialist Network
California College Health Nurses Association
California Council on Education of Teachers
California Council on Teacher Education
California Psychological Association

California Society of Certified Public Accountants
California Sociological Association
Catholic Biblical Asssociation of America
Charles Wesley Society
Christian Association for Psychological Studies
Christian Business Faculty Association
Christian Holiness Partnership
Christian Library Consortium
Christians in the Visual Arts
College and University Personnel Association
College Music Society
Collegiate Media Advisors
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
Conference on Faith and History
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Council for Higher Education
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
Council for Undergraduate Research
Council of Administrators of Family and Consumer Sciences

Council of Independent Colleges
Council on Social Work Education
Credential Counselors and Analysts of California

Direct Marketing Association
Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association

Golden State Athletic Conference
Institute of Management Accountants
International Association for Jazz Education

International Network for Social Network Analysis
International Reading Association
Learning Disabilities Association
Marian Association of Helpers

Mathematical Association of America
Modern Languages Association
Music Educators National Conference
Music Teachers National Association
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
National Association for Education of Young Children
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
National Association of Branch Campus Administrators
National Association of Church Musicians
National Association of Christians in Special Education
National Association of Christian Social Workers
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
National Association of Evangelicals
National Association of Foreign Student Advisors
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Schools of Music
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
National Athletic Trainer’s Association
National Career Development Association
National Council of Teachers of English
National Organization of Scholars
National Parliamentary Debate
National Science Teachers Association
National Society of Hispanic MBA's
National Strength and Conditioning Association
National Women’s Studies Association
Nazarene Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
North American Association of Christians in Social Work
North American Christian Foreign Language Association
Nurses Serves Organization
Nursing Christian Fellowship (Intervarsity)
Pacific Sociological Association
Psi Chi, Honor Society in Psychology
Phi Delta Lambda, Alpha Chapter of the Nazarene Honor Society
Phi Kappa Delta
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Upsilon Omicron
San Diego/Imperial County Libraries Disaster Response Network
Shakespeare Association of America

Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society for Nursing (Zeta Mu Chapter)
Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for Christian Ethics
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Society of Biblical Literature
Society of Professional Journalists
Southern California Instruction Librarians
Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium
TASH: Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion for People with Disabilities
The Association of Departments of English
The Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education
The College Board
The Conference on Christianity and Literature
Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States
Wesleyan Philosophical Society
Wesleyan Theological Society
Western Association of Graduate Schools
Western Decision Sciences Institute