Accreditation and Approvals

The College is certified to operate by:
The State Council of Higher Education
for Virginia (SCHEV)
101 North Fourteenth Street, 10th Floor
James Monroe Building
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: 804.225.2600
https://www.schev.edu/

The College is institutionally accredited by:
The Accrediting Bureau of Health
Education Schools (ABHES)
6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 730
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Phone: 301.291.7550
info@abhes.org | www.abhes.org

The Nursing Program is approved by:
The Virginia Board of Nursing Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Richmond, Virginia 23233
Phone: 804.367.4400

The Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program at Southside College of Health Sciences is accredited by the: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program is February 20-22, 2018.  View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program on the ACEN website.

Learn more about ACEN Accreditation at:

Accreditation Commission for Education
in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite 1400
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Phone: 404.975.5000
info@acenursing.org | www.acenursing.org

The Radiologic Technology Program is accredited by:
The Joint Review Committee on Education
in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850
Chicago, Illinois 60606-3182
Phone: 312.704.5300
mail@jrcert.org | www.jrcert.org

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program is accredited by:
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) via the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS). CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs)
9355 – 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
Phone: 727.210.2350 | Fax: 727.210.2354
mail@caahep.org | www.caahep.org

Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS)
6021 University Boulevard, Suite 500
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Phone: 443.973.3251 | Fax: 866.738.3444
www.jrcdms.org

The Nursing Program is a member of
National League for Nursing (NLN)
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 800.669.1656 | Fax: 212.812.0393
https://www.nln.org/

The College is approved by the
Virginia State Approving Agency:
Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
State Approving Agency
101 North 14th Street, 17th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: 804.786.0286
https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/