• Education: To provide students with the knowledge and skills to enable them to become expert practitioners in their fields. To provide the knowledge and skills to enhance the health, wellness and quality of life in the larger community, and to develop educational materials to achieve that same purpose.
• Service: To provide clinical and pharmacological services to the community as a complement to the programs of professional education. To provide services and products to the community that complement the programs offered by the College.
• Research: To develop and implement with outside parties new product development in health care, wellness and quality of life products.

• To provide students with the knowledge, skills and professionalism to become highly qualified practitioners in select health care fields.
• To enable students to be fully capable of obtaining employment in their health care field.
• To prepare students to be capable of passing the licensure and/or certification exams required to become a licensed or certified practitioner in New York State.
• To develop in students a sense of ethical responsibility in the therapist-client dynamic and with fellow practitioners.
• To provide students with an appreciation for continued learning throughout their professional careers.

Accreditation and Approvals

The following programs offered by New York College of Health Professions are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM):

(1) Master of Acupuncture

(2) Master of Acupuncture with a Chinese herbal medicine specialization [currently named Master of Science in Oriental Medicine]

At its August 2021 meeting, ACAOM placed New York College of Health Professions’ master’s programs on Probation for failing to demonstrate compliance with criteria across each of ACAOM’s accreditation standards. Probation is a sanction used by ACAOM to alert the institution that if it does not substantially correct deficiencies by the end of the probationary period, accreditation status could be in jeopardy consistent with ACAOM’s Commission Actions Policy.

Accreditation status and notes may be viewed on the ACAOM Directory.

ACAOM is recognized by the United States Department of Education as the specialized accreditation agency for institutions/programs preparing acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners. ACAOM does not accredit any programs at the undergraduate/bachelor level. ACAOM is located at 8941 Aztec Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347; phone 952/212-2434; fax 952/657-7068; www.acaom.org