Boston College is accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE). Prior to 2018, NECHE operated as the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, a division of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The 2018 restructuring of NEASC was to align with the U.S. Department of Education’s requirement that NEASC’s higher education-related commission operates as an independent entity. Boston College has been accredited by NEASC, and now NECHE, since 1935.