Union County College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (267) 284-5000. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation. The former Union College was accredited by and admitted to membership in the Association in 1957. Its accreditation was reaffirmed in 1967, 1973, 1982, 1986, 1997, and again in 2002 as Union County College.
Union County College was granted the authority by the State of New Jersey in April 1982, to confer the degree of Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science and to award the certificate and the diploma. Union College had held the authority to confer the Associate in Arts degree since 1953, and the Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degree since 1969.
Union County College is licensed by the State of New Jersey. Union College had been licensed since 1939.
The following programs hold professional accreditation: radiography and radiation therapy (Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, conducted jointly with Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center); physical therapist assistant (American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education); respiratory care (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs, in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care), conducted jointly with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ); professional nursing (National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc., conducted jointly with Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center and Trinitas Hospital); practical nursing (accredited through the New Jersey Board of Nursing); dental assisting (Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, conducted jointly with UMDNJ); dental hygiene (Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, conducted jointly with UMDNJ); diagnostic medical sonography (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography conducted jointly with Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center ); and nuclear medicine technology (Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology, conducted jointly with Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center). These organizations are specialized accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and/or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.