The University of Texas-Pan American is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools(1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033, phone (404)679-4500) to award bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. In addition, these programs are separately accredited or approved by the:
- Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)-American Occupational Therapy Association
- Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
- American Chemical Society
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE)
- Commission for Collegiate Nursing Examining; Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas
- Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
- National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
- State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)
- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International)
- The Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)
- The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
- Texas Education Agency (TEA)
The University of Texas-Pan American is a member of the:
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- American Association of State Colleges and Universities
- American Council on Education
- Association for Continuing Higher Education
- Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education
- Council of Graduate Schools
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities