Chaminade University of Honolulu

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Future teachers and school counselors. Dedicated mental health professionals and community advocates. While our students pursue diverse paths, they share one unifying drive: to make the community around them a better place.

At the College of Education and Human Development, we give your purpose a platform. Through a strong academic foundation, immersive service-learning, and hands-on experience, you’ll gain the skills, confidence, and real-world tools to meet big challenges head-on—and create lasting, positive change.

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Chaminade University is a member in good standing of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), a national accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The programs listed below have been awarded full accreditation by AAQEP through December 31, 2030.

  • B.S. in Early Childhood Education – Montessori/Pk-K
  • B.S. in Elementary Education
  • B.S. in Secondary Education
  • B.S. in Special Education
  • M.A. in Teaching – Early Childhood Education (PK-3 and PK-K)
  • M.A. in Teaching – Elementary Education
  • M.A. in Teaching – Secondary Education
  • M.A. in Teaching – Special Education
  • M.S. in Counseling Psychology – School Counseling

Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE)

Chaminade University has received specialized accreditation for its early childhood education programs by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) and is affiliated with the American Montessori Society (AMS). The education programs in the following degrees are accredited by MACTE and affiliated with AMS:

  • B.S. in Early Childhood Education with Montessori Credential
  • M.A. in Teaching in Early Childhood Education Montessori/PK-K
  • M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education with Montessori Credential

American Psychological Association (APA)

The Hawai‘i School of Professional Psychology has had a long history in Hawai‘i, dating back over 40 years. The program’s Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology program received its first APA accreditation in 1998 and has been granted APA Full Accreditation status through the year 2030.