Abbreviation M.S.A.S.C. or M.S.A. Legal status Association Founded 1887 | Formation 1887 Board President John Cavanaugh | |
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Purpose Educational Accreditation Region served Delaware, District of Columbia - (Washington, D.C.), Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands Similar Southern Association of Colleg, Northwest Commission on Colleg, New England Associati, North Central Associati, Distance Education Accreditin | ||
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Middle States Association or M.S.A.) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association that performs peer evaluation and regional accreditation of public and private secondary/high schools and elementary schools in the Mid-Atlantic United States and certain foreign institutions of American origin.
Its headquarters are in Center City, Philadelphia.
Region and scope
The "Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools" (M.S.A.-C.E.S.S.) accredits public and private schools as well as school systems throughout the United States and it states it is active in more than 85 countries around the world.
MSA used to accredit colleges and universities through its higher education commission. In 2013, that commission — the Middle States Commission on Higher Education — became a legally separate entity.