The Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, or ATS, in a board vote extended by 10 years the school’s accreditation which was first voted in February 2013. The action re-approves the Master of Divinity and the Master of Theological Studies degrees, and adds under the accreditation umbrella the Master of Arts: Religion as well as a Master of Arts: Near Eastern Archaeology, previously a concentration in the Master of Arts: Religion."
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The Miami/Puerto Rico-based Inter-American Adventist Theological Seminary (IATS) in the Inter-American Division of SDA, for which USC is a teaching center, is also fully accredited by the USA-based Association of Theological Schools (ATS). Additionally, IATS offers the Doctor of Ministry degree at its centers in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico and Costa Rica, also fully accredited by ATS.
