2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Aug 30, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Accreditation


Institutional Accreditation

Sweet Briar College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Arts in Teaching. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Sweet Briar College.

Program Accreditation

Engineering Program

Sweet Briar is one of two ABET-accredited engineering programs at women’s colleges. The Sweet Briar Bachelor of Science in engineering science is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, 410-347-7700.

Teacher Preparation Program

Sweet Briar’s teacher education preparation program is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). In 2024, the teacher education program earned national accreditation from CAEP for its undergraduate Elementary Education licensure program and its Master of Arts degree programs in education and teaching: Elementary Education; PreK-12 Dance Arts, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts; 6-12 English, History and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Biology, and Chemistry; and Special Education General Curriculum in K-6 and 6-12. All students in the program, may achieve an endorsement in Special Education, too.

Accredited Provider Details - Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (caepnet.org)

If you have any questions, please contact the director of Sweet Briar’s Education Department.

https://www.sbc.edu/academics/elementary-education-and-teaching/