December 28, 2025
As required by the NASM Rules of Practice and Procedure, the National Association of Schools of Music provides notice that the institutions listed below are as of this date scheduled for a comprehensive NASM review during the Commission meetings of May 28-June 1, 2026.
The list contains only those institutions being considered for accreditation or continuation of accreditation based on a full institutional self-study and an NASM on-site visit.
As a part of the comprehensive review, NASM procedures include the opportunity for third-party comment. Third-party comment may be used to address only matters published in the NASM standards and those aspects of Rules of Practice and Procedure associated with accreditation as published in the current Handbook of the Association. Please note that third-party comment is not a substitute for NASM procedures for filing complaints regarding a member institution.
The “Rules and Procedures for Third-Party Comment Related to Initial or Periodic Reviews for Accreditation” govern NASM third-party comment procedures and establish eligibility and other requirements for Commission and institutional reviews of third-party-comment.
Anyone wishing to file third-party comment eligible for consideration by a Commission must read and abide by these rules. All third-party comment must be filed using a current “NASM Official Third-Party Comment Form.”
The institution will be given an opportunity to review and respond to any third-party comment eligible for Commission review under the rules and procedures cited above.
To be reviewed at the cited Commission meeting, any third-party comment about any institution listed herein must be received by the NASM National Office no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 29, 2025.
As of this date, the following institutions are scheduled for comprehensive review during the November 2025 meetings of the NASM Commission on Accreditation or Commission on Community College Accreditation:
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA |
| Binghamton University, State University of New York | Binghamton, NY |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT |
| California State University, Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City, TN |
| Colorado State University Pueblo | Pueblo, CO |
| Concordia University Chicago | River Forest, IL |
| Delta State University | Cleveland, MS |
| Eastern Illinois University | Charleston, IL |
| Hastings College | Hastings, NE |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Kutztown, PA |
| Lee University | Cleveland, TN |
| Mercyhurst University | Erie, PA |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI |
| Mississippi State University | Mississippi State, MS |
| Mississippi Valley State University | Itta Bena, MS |
| Norfolk State University | Norfolk, VA |
| Rhodes College | Memphis, TN |
| Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN |
| State University of New York, Potsdam | Potsdam, NY |
| Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, MS |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell, MA |
| University of Tennessee at Martin | Martin, TN |
| University of Wisconsin – Green Bay | Green Bay, WI |
| University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire | Eau Claire, WI |
| Utah Tech University | Saint George, UT |
| Wayland Baptist University | Plainview, TX |
| Whitworth University | Spokane, WA |