To maintain accreditation with SACSCOC, the university must comply with the standards articulated in the Resource Manual for The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, and with the policies and procedures of the Commission.
Every ten years, the university seeks reaffirmation of its accreditation by demonstrating compliance with all standards, policies, and procedures of the Commission. The university continually remains in compliance with all standards. The next ten-year review will be conducted throughout 2024-2025.
A Fifth-Year Interim Report is due five years after the previous reaffirmation. In this report, the university is required to make the case for compliance with a subset of the standards.
The entire list of standards is provided below. Those Standards preceded with "CR" indicate core requirements.
| Standard | Standard Name |
| CR 1.1 | Integrity |
| CR 2.1 | Institutional Mission |
| CR 3.1.a | Degree-Granting Authority |
| CR 3.1.b | Coursework for Degrees |
| CR 3.1.c | Continuous Operation |
| CR 4.1 | Governing Board Characteristics |
| 4.2.a | Mission Review |
| 4.2.b | Board/Administrative Distinction and Shared Governance |
| 4.2.c | CEO Evaluation/Selection |
| 4.2.d | Conflict of Interest |
| 4.2.e | Board Dismissal |
| 4.2.f | External Influence |
| 4.2.g | Board Self-Evaluation |
| 4.3 | Multi-Level Governance |
| CR 5.1 | Chief Executive Officer |
| 5.2.a | CEO Control |
| 5.2.b | Control of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| 5.2.c | Control of Fund-Raising Activities |
| 5.3 | Institution-Related Entities |
| 5.4 | Qualified Administrative/Academic Officers |
| 5.5 | Personnel Appointment and Evlauation |
| CR 6.1 | Full-Time Faculty |
| 6.2.a | Faculty Qualifications |
| 6.2.b | Program Faculty |
| 6.2.c | Program Coordination |
| 6.3 | Faculty Employment and Evaluation |
| 6.4 | Academic Freedom |
| 6.5 | Faculty Development |
| CR 7.1 | Institutional Planning |
| 7.2 | Quality Enhancement Plan |
| 7.3 | Administrative Effectiveness |
| CR 8.1 | Student Achievement |
| 8.2.a | Student Outcomes: Educational Programs |
| 8.2.b | Student Outcomes: General Education |
| 8.2.c | Student Outcomes: Academic and Student Services |
| CR 9.1 | Program Content |
| CR 9.2 | Program Length |
| CR 9.3 | General Education Requirements |
| 9.4 | Institutional Credits for an Undergraduate Degree |
| 9.5 | Institutional Credits for a Graduate/Professional Degree |
| 9.6 | Post-Baccalaureate Rigor and Curriculum |
| 9.7 | Program Requirements |
| 10.1 | Academic Policies |
| 10.2 | Public Information |
| 10.3 | Archived Information |
| 10.4 | Academic Governance |
| 10.5 | Admissions Policies and Practices |
| 10.6 | Distance and Correspondence Education |
| 10.7 | Policies for Awarding Credit |
| 10.8 | Evaluating and Awarding External Academic Credit |
| 10.9 | Coorperative Academic Agreements |
| CR 11.1 | Library and Learning/Information Resources |
| 11.2 | Library and Learning/Information Staff |
| 11.3 | Library and Learning/Information Access |
| CR 12.1 | Student Support Services |
| 12.2 | Student Support Services Staff |
| 12.3 | Student Rights |
| 12.4 | Student Complaints |
| 12.5 | Student Records |
| 12.6 | Student Debt and Financial Literacy |
| CR 13.1 | Financial Resources |
| CR 13.2 | Financial Documents |
| 13.3 | Financial Responsibility |
| 13.4 | Control of Finances |
| 13.5 | Control of Sponsored Research/External Funds |
| 13.6 | Federal and State Responsibilities |
| 13.7 | Physical Resources |
| 13.8 | Institutional Environment |
| 14.1 | Publication of Accreditation Status |
| 14.2 | Substantive Change |
| 14.3 | Comprehensive Institutional Reviews |
| 14.4 | Representation to Other Agencies |
| 14.5 | Policy Compliance |