Accreditation

Meeting the Highest Standards

In recent years, interior design has become legally recognized in many states as a regulated profession, making attendance at an accredited college such as NYSID a prerequisite for state licensing eligibility. Our degree programs help prepare students for the certification that is essential to current and future professional practice.

Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1924, NYSID is authorized by the Board of Regents to confer the degrees of Associate in Applied Science in Interior Design (AAS), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design (BFA), Bachelor of Arts in the History of the Interior and the Decorative Arts (BA), Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design (MFA), and Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments (MPS). NYSID is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). In addition, the BFA program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), which is recognized by the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education as the sole accrediting agency for post-secondary interior design programs.

Professional Memberships

American Academy in Rome
American Council on Education (ACE)
Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB)
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu)
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)