Accreditation
The College is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and is approved as a degree-granting institution by the Trustees of the State University of New York National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), rk and the Regents of New York State. Academic programs with national certification include:

• Teacher certification by the New York State Education Department, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
• Music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and the National Association for Music Therapy
• Art programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
• Theatre programs receive accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Theatre
• Chemistry program is accredited by the American Chemical Society
• The nursing program is approved by the State Education Department and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• Computer Science is accredited by the Computer Sciences Accreditation Board
• Communication Disorders is accredited by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association

Memberships
State University of New York at New Paltz is a member of the American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York, the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, and the Associated Colleges of the Mid-Hudson area.