The College of the Arts is a recipient of many awards and distinctions, and is among only a handful of colleges across the nation that are accredited by all four national arts arts-accreditation agencies:
College Awards and Distinctions (abbreviated list)
Academic Unit recognitions
- New Jersey State designated Center of Excellence in the Arts (continuing status)
- Gracie Allen Award for American Women in Radio and Television
- Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award
- Gracie Award
- Award for Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film and Video Festival
- Telly Award
- Grand Award for Excellence, Apex (multiple years)
- Certificate of Merit, Admissions Marketing Report National Recruitment Video Competition
- American College Dance Festival National Recognitions (multiple years)
- American College Dance Festival Regional Recognitions (multiple years)
- American College Theatre Festival Regional Recognitions (multiple years)
- National College Choreographic Initiative Grants (multiple years)
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts – Citation of Excellence
- Bergen Foundation, Grant for Outreach Touring
Arts and Cultural Programming Unit recognitions
- Association of Performing Arts Presenters Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. (91ÍêÕû°æ State was one of six nationwide universities to receive this highly competitive award)
- National Endowment for the Arts (eight consecutive annual grants)
- “American Masterpieces” Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts (eight consecutive annual grants)
- New England Foundation for the Arts/ National Dance Project (eight grants)
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (three grants)