Accreditation

  • Keck Graduate Institute School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 190 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 2850 Chicago, Illinois 60603-3499, Phone: 312.664.3575; Fax: 866.228.2631, Email: info@acpe-accredit.org, web site acpe-accredit.org.

  • The Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling program at Keck Graduate Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC), located at 4400 College Blvd., Ste. 220, Overland Park, KS 66211, gceducation.org. ACGC can be reached by phone at 913.222.8668.

    KGI has received approval from the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) Senior Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC) to offer the Master of Science Degree in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling.

  • The Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics program at Keck Graduate Institute is accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) Senior Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC).

    Note for prospective international students: The petition update to Form I-17 “Petition For Approval of School for Attendance by Nonimmigrant Student” for this program has been approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. KGI is able to issue I-20s to students wishing to apply for an F-1 student visa for the MSGDA program.

  • KGI’s entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program has applied for accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is 301.652.AOTA and its Web address is acoteonline.org.

    The program must be granted Candidacy Status, have a preaccreditation review, complete an on-site evaluation, and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, all states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.

    KGI’s OTD program is approved by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC).

  • The KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has applied for Accreditation – Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences anticipates matriculating its first class in August 2022, pending achieving Accreditation – Provisional status at the March 2022 ARC-PA meeting.

    Accreditation – Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students. In the event the program does not earn provisional-accreditation, students will not matriculate and admission deposits will be refunded. The KGI’s The Chan Family Master of Science in PA Studies (MSPA) Program is also pending approval from Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) Senior Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC).