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Morehead State University

As of October 3, 2026
Former Name: Morehead State Teachers College (1930 – 1947); Morehead State College (1948 – 1965)

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Joseph (Jay) A. Morgan
Address
150 University Boulevard Morehead, KY 40351-1689
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(606) 783-2221
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree Baccalaureate Degree Master's Degree Education Specialist Degree Doctoral Degrees

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1930
Reaffirmation
2021
Distance Education Approval Date
June 22, 1999
Next Reaffirmation
2031
Next Fifth-Year Review
2027
Degree Level
V i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public

SACSCOC Staff Member

J. Matthew Melton

(404) 679-4501 Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2027 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2027 Interim OCIS Visit
  • 2027 Policy and Procedure Review

Most Recent History with SACSCOC

  • 2022 Virtual Committee Follow Up

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Ballard High School
    6000 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40222 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Bath County High School
    645 Chenault Drive Owingsville, KY 40360 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Bourbon County High School
    3341 Lexington Road Paris, KY 40361 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Breathitt County High School
    2307 Bobcat Lane Jackson, KY 41339 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Bullitt Central High School
    1330 Highway 44 East Shepherdsville, KY 40165 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Butler High School
    2222 Crums Lane Louisville, KY 40216 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Jessamine High School
    815 Sulphur Well Road Nicholasville, KY 40356 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Ridge High School
    19471 Lick Mountain Road Lick Creek, KY 41540 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Eastern High School
    12400 Old Shelbyville Road Louisville, KY 40243 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Estill County High School
    397 Engineer Drive Irvine, KY 40336 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Fleming County High School
    1658 Elizaville Road Flemingsburg, KY 41041 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Floyd Central High School
    651 KY Route 680 West Eastern, KY 41622 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • George Rogers Clark High School
    2745 Boonesboro Road Winchester, KY 40391 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Hazard Community and Technical College
    One Community College Drive Hazard, KY 41701 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Henry County High School
    1120 Eminence Road New Castle, KY 40050 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Johnson Central High School
    275 North Mayo Trail Paintsville, KY 41240 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lawrence County High School
    100 Bulldog Lane Louisa, KY 41230 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lewis County High School
    79 Lions Lane Vanceburg, KY 41179 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Locust Trace AgriScience Center
    242 Locust Farm Road Lexington, KY 40511 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Martin County High School
    137 Holly Bush Road Inez, KY 41224 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Mason County High School
    1320 U.S. 68 Maysville, KY 41056 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Montgomery County High School
    724 Woodford Dr. Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Morgan County High School
    150 Road to Success West Liberty, KY 41472 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • MSU at Ashland
    1400 College Drive Ashland, KY 41101 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • MSU at Prestonsburg
    6 Bert Combs Drive Prestonburg, KY 41653 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • MSU at Sterling
    3400 Indian Mound Drive Mount Sterling, KY 40353 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Paul G. Blazer High School
    1500 Blazer Boulevard Ashland, KY 41102 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Pike Central High School
    100 Winners Circle Drive Pikeville, KY 41501 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Powell County High School
    700 West College Avenue Stanton, KY 40380 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Prestonsburg High School
    825 Blackcat Boulevard Louisa, KY 41653 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Raceland High School
    600 Ram Blvd. Raceland, KY 41169 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rowan County High School
    499 Viking Drive Morehead, KY 40351 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Russell High School
    709 Red Devil Lane Russell, KY 41169 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Shelby Valley High School
    125 Douglas Parkway Pikeville, KY 41501 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Simon Kenton High School
    11132 Madison Pike Independence, KY 41051 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Somerset Community College
    808 Monticello Street Somerset, KY 42501 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • South Oldham High School
    5901 Veteran's Memorial Highway Crestwood, KY 40014 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • West Carter High School
    365 West Carter Drive Olive Hill, KY 41164 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Wolfe County High School
    20 High School Road Campton, KY 41301 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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