Accreditation

Bethel Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools, which is the national accrediting agency for theological schools in the United States and Canada, and by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Bethel Seminary also has received ­accreditation to offer the full Master of Divinity and Master of Arts (Theological Studies) at all four Bethel Seminary of the East sites: Philadelphia, New England, New York City, and Metropolitan Washington, D.C. This accreditation is granted both by the Association of Theological Schools and by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Philadelphia and New England Centers of Bethel Seminary of the East are approved for Veterans Education. Bethel Seminary of the East is an Associate Member of the Conservative Baptist Higher Education Council.