About Accreditation

Institutional Accreditation

Pensacola State College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate degrees and associate degrees.

Pensacola State College also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Pensacola State College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).

To learn more about the College’s admission requirements, financial aid, academic programs, etc., please contact Pensacola State College directly.

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Student Achievement

Student Achievement

As an institution accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Pensacola State College (PSC) identifies, evaluates, and publishes goals and outcomes for student achievement appropriate to the institution’s mission the nature of the students it serves, and the kinds of programs offered. Pensacola State College uses College data from prior years, and baseline data from state and national reports, to establish thresholds and student achievement goals and uses this information to identify measures for student achievement.

Student Achievement Measures

 Graduation Rate

  • 150% IPEDS Graduation Rate

Retention

  • Fall to Spring Persistence Rate
  • Fall to Fall Retention Rate

Gateway Course Success

  • Communications Gateway Course Success
  • Mathematics Gateway Course Success

Instructional Delivery Method Course Success

  • Asynchronous Online Course Success
  • Face to Face Course Success
  • Hybrid Course Success
  • Synchronous (Live) Online Course Success

IPEDS GRADUATION RATES

Alignment with College Mission

 

Alignment with Strategic Plan

Providing quality, affordable, and accessible educational opportunities through a variety of delivery methods.

President’s Institutional Priorities Number 7
Continuously improve student services, …, and enrollment management processes.

Goal 7 Student Success
Improve student success through improved advising, providing an orientation course, and seeking ways to expand the retention and completion rates for all students.

The graduation rate indicated for each IPEDS Reporting Year represents all full-time FTIC cohort year students, which includes those students who started in a Fall term and completed a certificate or associate degree within 150% time to completion.

Minimum Threshold: 39.2%

Target Goal: 43.1%

Achievement: 42%

Overall 150% Graduation Rates
Reporting Year 2019 – 2020 2020 – 2021 2021 – 2022 2022 – 2023 2023 – 2024
Cohort Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
PSC IPEDS Graduation Rate 28% 33% 37% 37% 42%*
National Graduation Rate** 41.2% 40.7% 42.2% 43.1% 43.4%
*Graduation rate submitted to IPEDS in February 2024.
**Source: National Student Clearinghouse Public 2-year College graduation rates, November 2023 report

Disaggregated Graduation Outcomes

150% Graduation Rates by Race or Ethnicity

150% Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Hispanic/Latino 29% 33% 46% 34% 38%
Black or African American 16% 19% 23% 22% 25%
White 32% 37% 40% 40% 47%
Other 26% 34% 30% 42% 42%

150% Graduation Rates by Gender

150% Graduation Rates by Gender
Gender 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Female 32% 36% 40% 42% 45%
Male 24% 29% 33% 31% 38%

Female 150% Graduation Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Female 150% Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Hispanic/Latino 30% 33% 57% 37% 44%
Black or African American 14% 20% 24% 28% 26%
White 36% 41% 45% 45% 51%
Other 33% 39% 30% 48% 44%

Male 150% Graduation Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Male 150% Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Hispanic/Latino 28% 32% 32% 32% 25%
Black or African American 18% 19% 21% 15% 24%
White 28% 31% 35% 34% 43%
Other 18% 29% 32% 35% 39%

FALL-TO-SPRING PERSISTENCE RATE

Alignment with College Mission

 

Alignment with Strategic Plan

Providing quality, affordable, and accessible educational opportunities through a variety of delivery methods.

President’s Institutional Priorities Number 3
Enhance the quality of instructional programs and services:
b) Measure student retention.

President’s Institutional Priorities Number 7
Continuously improve student services, …, and enrollment management processes.

Goal 7 Student Success
Improve student success through improved advising, providing an orientation course, and seeking ways to expand the retention and completion rates for all students.

The fall to spring persistence rate represents all full-time FTIC cohort year students, which includes those degree-seeking students who started in a Fall term and persisted the following Spring term.

Minimum Threshold: 83%

Target Goal: 88%

Achievement: 84%

Fall-to-Spring Persistence Rates Overall
Overall 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Total 84% 83% 83% 83% 84%

Disaggregated Fall-to-Fall Retention Outcomes

Fall to Spring Persistence Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Fall-to-Spring Persistence Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Hispanic/Latino 82% 78% 90% 83% 87%
Black or African American 86% 82% 83% 78% 76%
White 83% 84% 84% 85% 86%
Other 82% 82% 75% 79% 83%

Fall to Spring Persistence Rates by Gender

Fall-to-Spring Persistence Rates by Gender
Gender 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Female 85% 83% 86% 86% 84%
Male 81% 83% 80% 77% 84%

Female Fall to Spring Persistence Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Female Fall-to-Spring Persistence Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Hispanic/Latino 79% 75% 95% 90% 89%
Black or African American 85% 83% 81% 78% 78%
White 86% 85% 87% 88% 86%
Other 86% 82% 82% 83% 79%

Male Fall to Spring Persistence Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Male Fall-to-Spring Persistence Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Hispanic/Latino 85% 84% 83% 72% 86%
Black or African American 87% 80% 86% 77% 73%
White 79% 83% 80% 80% 85%
Other 77% 82% 63% 73% 87%

FALL-TO-FALL RETENTION RATE

Alignment with College Mission

 

Alignment with Strategic Plan

Providing quality, affordable, and accessible educational opportunities through a variety of delivery methods.

President’s Institutional Priorities Number 3
Enhance the quality of instructional programs and services:
b) Measure student retention.

President’s Institutional Priorities Number 7
Continuously improve student services, …, and enrollment management processes.

Goal 7 Student Success
Improve student success through improved advising, providing an orientation course, and seeking ways to expand the retention and completion rates for all students.

The fall-to-fall retention rate represents all full-time FTIC cohort year students, which includes those degree-seeking students who started in a Fall term and were retained the following Fall term.

Minimum Threshold: 62%

Target Goal: 71%

Achievement: 64%

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates Overall
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Total 62% 63% 66% 66% 64%

Disaggregated Fall-to-Fall Retention Outcomes

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Hispanic/Latino 59% 57% 62% 75% 70%
Black or African American 46% 57% 59% 59% 56%
White 68% 67% 70% 69% 65%
Other 60% 62% 60% 62% 64%

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Gender

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Gender
Gender 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Female 63% 67% 67% 69% 68%
Male 61% 58% 63% 62% 58%

Female Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Female Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Hispanic/Latino 62% 57% 60% 78% 69%
Black or African American 47% 54% 63% 62% 60%
White 69% 74% 72% 72% 70%
Other 61% 64% 63% 65% 68%

Male Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Male Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Hispanic/Latino 53% 56% 66% 70% 70%
Black or African American 43% 61% 50% 54% 50%
White 66% 57% 67% 65% 58%
Other 61% 59% 52% 56% 58%

GATEWAY COURSE SUCCESS

Alignment with College Mission

 

Alignment with Strategic Plan

Providing quality, affordable, and accessible educational opportunities through a variety of delivery methods.

Goal 6 Instructional Excellence
Provide quality instruction through effective curriculum development, accessible delivery, and criterion-based assessment according to a common set of academic standards for each discipline.
Objective 6.1.1
Maintain and enhance quality instruction.

Goal 7 Student Success
Improve student success through improved advising, providing an orientation course, and seeking ways to expand the retention and completion rates for all students.

Gateway courses are the first courses that provide transferable, college-level credit, allowing a student to progress in his or her program of study and align with a student’s academic pathway. Gateway courses are broken down into two categories: Communications and Mathematics. Specific gateway courses are ENC 1101, MAC 1105, MGF 1106, MGF 1107, and STA 2023. The College defines gateway course success as earned course grades of A, B, and C.

Communications Gateway Course Success

Minimum Threshold: 68.6%

Target Goal: 83.7%

Achievement: 76.8%

Communications Gateway Course Success Overall
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Success Rate 77.2% 76.8% 77.2% 73.3% 76.8%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 73.8% 72.0% 69.8% 66.7% 68.6%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 84.6% 87.1% 80.1% 81.0% 83.7%

Disaggregated Communications Gateway Course Success Outcomes

Communications Gateway Course Success by Race or Ethnicity

Communications Gateway Course Success Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Hispanic/Latino
Success Rate		 78.0% 81.6% 77.0% 75.0% 83.4%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 72.8% 72.3% 68.8% 64.7% 66.2%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 88.9% 79.2% 85.7% 81.9% 88.4%
 
PSC Black or African American
Success Rate		 58.9% 57.9% 62.1% 54.1% 61.6%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 64.3% 60.3% 58.9% 55.6% 58.5%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 71.8% 77.7% 70.3% 71.0% 72.3%
 
PSC White
Success Rate		 81.4% 81.2% 81.1% 78.7% 75.4%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 78.1% 76.7% 75.3% 74.3% 75.4%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 87.6% 90.5% 82.1% 83.1% 85.8%
 
PSC Other
Success Rate		 79.8% 79.8% 77.0% 75.2% 78.3%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 78.5% 76.3% 73.4% 70.9% 74.3%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 87.9% 90.3% 85.9% 84.2% 86.7%

Communications Gateway Course Success by Gender

Overall Communications Gateway Course Success Rates by Gender
Gender 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Female
Success Rate		 78.2% 77.8% 77.8% 73.8% 77.3%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 76.7% 74.8% 71.9% 68.8% 70.6%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 87.0% 89.7% 81.5% 82.6% 85.3%
 
PSC Male
Success Rate		 75.7% 75.0% 76.1% 72.6% 76.1%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 69.9% 68.1% 66.7% 64.0% 65.9%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 80.9% 82.5% 79.0% 78.4% 83.8%

Female Communications Gateway Course Success by Race or Ethnicity

Female Communications Gateway Course Success Rates Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Hispanic/Latino
Success Rate		 77.9% 81.3% 78.8% 75.0% 84.9%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 76.8% 75.8% 71.5% 67.1% 68.8%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 89.3% 88.9% 89.5% 88.9% 95.0%
 
PSC Black or African American
Success Rate		 60.6% 57.1% 61.4% 53.7% 60.5%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 67.0% 63.1% 61.2% 57.9% 61.1%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 75.4% 84.1% 77.8% 75.9% 78.4%
 
PSC White
Success Rate		 82.6% 82.8% 82.8% 79.8% 80.4%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 80.7% 79.7% 77.5% 76.5% 77.2%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 89.1% 91.8% 85.0% 84.9% 86.5%
 
PSC Other
Success Rate		 82.7% 87.1% 76.5% 80.5% 81.4%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 80.8% 78.8% 74.1% 73.2% 76.1%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 90.3% 92.4% 86.7% 89.5% 90.5%

Male Communications Gateway Course Success by Race or Ethnicity

Male Communications Gateway Course Success Rates Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Hispanic/Latino
Success Rate		 78.2% 82.1% 74.6% 75.0% 81.3%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 67.9% 67.8% 65.1% 61.5% 63.0%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 78.2% 82.1% 81.3% 88.2% 84.0%
 
PSC Black or African American
Success Rate		 55.6% 59.4% 63.8% 55.0% 63.8%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 60.3% 55.8% 55.0% 51.6% 54.4%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 71.9% 68.9% 80.0% 81.8% 80.4%
 
PSC White
Success Rate		 79.7% 78.9% 78.5% 77.1% 78.3%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 74.8% 87.8% 72.4% 71.5% 73.3%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 85.1% 72.8% 82.1% 86.4% 88.2%
 
PSC Other
Success Rate		 77.3% 72.0% 75.5% 67.8% 73.1%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 74.7% 73.2% 70.0% 68.1% 72.0%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 85.2% 87.0% 86.7% 92.3% 100%

Mathematics Gateway Course Success

Minimum Threshold: 66.9%

Target Goal: 82.9%

Achievement: 75.6%

Overall Mathematics Gateway Course Success Rates
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Success Rate 71.5% 74.5% 73.5% 73.1% 75.6%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 68.5% 69.4% 69.8% 67.1% 66.9%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 82.8% 81.8% 83.2% 82.4% 82.9%

Disaggregated Mathematics Gateway Course Success Outcomes

Mathematics Gateway Course Success Rates by Race or Ethnicity

Mathematics Gateway Course Success Rates by Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Hispanic/Latino
Success Rate
 67.5% 77.2% 72.9% 74.8% 78.9%
FCS Average
Success Rate
 68.2% 70.3% 71.0% 66.9% 66.7%
FCS Highest
Success Rate 		83.7% 86.6% 84.2% 84.8% 81.4%
 
PSC Black or African American
Success Rate
 54.5% 59.6% 61.8% 58.2% 60.4%
FCS Average
Success Rate
 59.5% 59.9% 61.2% 56.6% 56.3%
FCS Highest
Success Rate
 73.7% 84.0% 87.5% 72.5% 85.0%
 
PSC White
Success Rate
 74.9% 77.4% 75.9% 76.9% 78.9%
FCS Average
Success Rate
 71.4% 71.8% 72.1% 71.9% 71.4%
FCS Highest
Success Rate
 84.3% 82.9% 84.7% 86.3% 84.6%
 
PSC Other 74.9% 74.8% 74.4% 72.0% 77.4%
FL Average 73.7% 78.8% 72.6% 69.9% 70.2%
FL Highest 83.2% 100% 90.0% 82.1% 85.5%

Mathematics Gateway Course Success by Gender

Mathematics Gateway Course Success Rates by Gender
Gender 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Female
Success Rate		 71.6% 75.1% 73.7% 72.4% 74.7%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 69.7% 70.5% 70.1% 67.1% 67.1%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 83.6% 83.2% 85.7% 82.9% 81.7%
 
PSC Male
Success Rate		 71.2% 73.5% 73.1% 74.5% 77.1%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 66.6% 67.5% 69.2% 67.1% 66.6%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 80.1% 83.1% 84.7% 86.3% 91.6%

Female Mathematics Gateway Course Success by Race or Ethnicity

Female Mathematics Gateway Course Success Rates Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Hispanic/Latino
Success Rate		 65.9% 79.9% 72.5% 77.1% 77.1%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 69.6% 72.1% 71.6% 67.1% 67.2%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 82.8% 86.0% 85.2% 80.8% 81.0%
 
PSC Black or African American
Success Rate		 56.0% 62.2% 61.6% 58.1% 56.7%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 61.1% 61.2% 61.8% 57.4% 57.1%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 84.2% 92.9% 94.1% 75.3% 84.6%
 
PSC White
Success Rate		 75.0% 77.5% 76.6% 75.6% 78.5%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 72.5% 72.8% 72.4% 71.7% 71.5%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 85.4% 85.0% 86.8% 87.7% 83.5%
 
PSC Other
Success Rate		 77.7% 74.8% 74.9% 73.2% 79.7%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 75.0% 74.2% 73.3% 70.3% 70.4%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 90.9% 92.3% 92.9% 85.2% 87.0%

Male Mathematics Gateway Course Success by Race or Ethnicity

Male Mathematics Gateway Course Success Rates Race or Ethnicity
Race or Ethnicity 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
PSC Hispanic/Latino
Success Rate		 70.7% 73.1% 73.7% 70.3% 74.5%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 65.9% 67.4% 70.0% 66.5% 65.8%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 100% 90.5% 83.3% 100% 100%
 
PSC Black or African American
Success Rate		 51.3% 54.0% 62.4% 58.5% 69.8%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 56.2% 57.2% 59.6% 54.8% 54.6%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 64.9% 88.0% 73.7% 69.6% 85.7%
 
PSC White
Success Rate		 74.8% 77.2% 74.7% 79.2% 79.6%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 69.7% 70.2% 71.6% 72.1% 71.3%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 85.0% 82.2% 86.3% 86.5% 93.2%
 
PSC Other
Success Rate		 69.8% 80.1% 73.6% 69.2% 73.8%
FCS Average
Success Rate		 71.9% 72.4% 71.5% 69.3% 70.4%
FCS Highest
Success Rate		 84.6% 100% 78.6% 85.3% 90.0%

College Algebra Gateway Course Success Overall

College Algebra Gateway Course Success Rates Overall
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Total 75% 81% 77% 77% 77%

Elementary Statistics Gateway Course Success Overall

Elementary Statistics Gateway Course Success Rates Overall
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Total 81% 81% 78% 79% 80%

Liberal Arts Mathematics I Gateway Course Success Overall

Liberal Arts Mathematics I Gateway Course Success Rates Overall
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Total 69% 70% 66% 68% 76%

Liberal Arts Mathematics II Gateway Course Success Overall

Liberal Arts Mathematics II Gateway Course Success Overall
Overall 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Total 75% 76% 84% 82% 70%

INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY METHOD COURSE SUCCESS

Alignment with College Mission

 

Alignment with Strategic Plan

Providing quality, affordable, and accessible educational opportunities through a variety of delivery methods.

Goal 6 Instructional Excellence
Provide quality instruction through effective curriculum development, accessible delivery, and criterion-based assessment according to a common set of academic standards for each discipline.
Objective 6.1.1
Maintain and enhance quality instruction.

Goal 7 Student Success
Improve student success through improved advising, providing an orientation course, and seeking ways to expand the retention and completion rates for all students.

The College also uses overall course success rates as measured by the type of instructional delivery method to demonstrate success with respect to student achievement. Instructional delivery methods include asynchronous online, face-to-face, hybrid, and synchronous online. The College defines course success as earned course grades of A, B, and C.

Minimum Threshold: 68.6%

Target Goal: 83.7%

Achievement: 79%

Instructional Delivery Method Course Success Rates
Delivery Mode 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Asynchronous Online 76% 78% 79% 79% 75%
Face to Face 64% 70% 68% 70% 80%
Hybrid 86% 86% 85% 85% 86%
Synchronous (Live) Online 81% 71% 75% 80% 71%
Overall Course
Success Rates		 68% 73% 72% 73% 79%

Program Accreditations

National Program Accreditations

Bachelor of Science Degrees
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
Last Accreditation: September 2021 – Next Accreditation: Fall 2029
Status: Accreditation
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Last Accreditation: October 2020 – Next Accreditation: Fall 2030
Status: Accreditation

Associate in Science Degrees
Associate in Science Degree in Culinary Management
American Culinary Federation (ACF)
Last Accreditation: June 2021 – Next Accreditation: June 2026
Status: Accreditation
Associate in Science Degree in Dental Hygiene
Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)
Last Accreditation: January 2022 – Next Accreditation: January 2029
Status: Accreditation
Associate in Science Degree in Health Information Technology
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
Last Accreditation: September 2021 – Next Accreditation: 2029
Status: Continuing Accreditation, Enrollment Inactive
Associate in Science Degree in Physical Therapist Assistant
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
Last Accreditation: April, 2024 – Next Accreditation: Awaiting Notification
Status: Accreditation
Associate in Science Degree in Radiography
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
Last Accreditation: 2023 – Next Accreditation: Summer 2031
Status: Accreditation
Associate in Science Degree in Registered Nursing
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
Last Accreditation: September 2021 – Next Accreditation: Spring 2029
Status: Accreditation
Associate in Science Degree in Veterinary Technology
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA) 
Last Accreditation: February 2023 – Next Accreditation: 2028
Status: Accreditation

Advanced Technical Certificates
Baking and Pastry
American Culinary Federation (ACF)
Last Accreditation: June 2021 – Next Accreditation: June 2026
Status: Accreditation

Applied Technology Diplomas
Pharmacy Technician
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Last Accreditation: May 2018 – Next Accreditation: 2024
Status: Accreditation

Technical Certificates
Technical Certificate in Culinary Arts
American Culinary Federation (ACF)
Last Accreditation: June 2021 – Next Accreditation: June 2026
Status: Accreditation

Career Certificates
Career Certificate in Medical Assisting
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Board (MAERB)
Last Accreditation: May 2007 – Next Accreditation: Fall 2025
Status: Continuing Accreditation
Career Certificate in Paramedic
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoA EMSP)
Last Accreditation: December 2020 – Next Accreditation: 2026
Status: Continuing Accreditation
Career Certificate in Practical Nursing
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
Last Accreditation: September 2020 – Next Accreditation: Fall 2028
Status: Accreditation
Career Certificate in Surgical Technology
Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA)
Last Accreditation: September 2015 – Next Accreditation: 2026
Status: Continuing Accreditation

National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
Career Certificate in Carpentry
Accredited Training and Education Facility under the sponsorship of the Southern Company
Career Certificate in Electricity
Accredited Training and Education Facility under the sponsorship of the Southern Company
Career Certificate in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Accredited Training and Education Facility under the sponsorship of the Southern Company
Career Certificate in Plumbing Technology
Accredited Training and Education Facility under the sponsorship of the Southern Company

Historical Information
Dietetic Technician Program
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
Last Accreditation: August 2010
Status: Voluntary Withdrawal

Academic Programs List

Academic Programs List

Pensacola State College offers over 100 academic programs from Baccalaureate Degrees (BAS and BSN), Advanced Technical Certificates (ATC), Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Science (AS) degrees with embedded certificates, College Credit Certificates (CCC), Applied Technology Diplomas (ATD), and Vocational Certificates (Clock Hour) Programs.

To view Academic Programs please see the 2024-2025 and 2035-2026 Academic Program Lists provided below.

2024-2025 Academic Year

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2025-2026 Academic Year

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