Accreditation Statement

The University of North Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of the University of North Florida. Individual contact to the Commission on Colleges about the University of North Florida accreditation status should occur only if there is evidence that appears to support significant noncompliance with a requirement or standard.

The Teacher Education Unit at the University of North Florida is accredited by:

• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

  2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 500

  Washington, DC 22036

  (202) 466-7496

Programs in Education are accredited and approved by the following:

• Commission on Sport Management Accreditation
• Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
• Council on Education of the Deaf (CED)
• Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education
• Florida Department of Education (FDOE)

Annual Reporting Measures

The following website provides measures regarding the indicators of teaching effectiveness, satisfaction of employers and employment milestones, impact on P-12 learning and development, and ability of completers to be hired in education positions for which they have prepared.

• https://www.florida-eipep.org/

The Title II Report provides information on supervised clinical experiences, annual teacher preparation program goals, and assurances made to the Florida Department of Education.

• Title II Report

The following link provides information regarding college ranking and recognition, quality and average cost of each college, retention rates of graduate students, the boost in expected earnings, percentage of full-time teachers as well as average student loan default rate.

• https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=university+of+north+florida&s=all&id=136172
• https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/about/data-center/student/default

FTCE Pass Rates

Pass rate table (Links to a PDF- You may need to install Acrobat Reader)

In what ways did the University of North Florida best prepare you for the teaching profession?

• "The teacher preparation program was very hands-on and included concepts that teachers encounter all of the time. I was familiar with all of the state requirements before I graduated."
• "UNF provided me with a solid foundation to begin my counseling career. They enabled me to think "outside of the box" and to think critically about issues facing our society."
• "REAL. WORLD. EXPERIENCE. During my degree I was given hands on experience."