Excellence in Scientia—Central Philippine University maintained the Level IV re-accredited status of six of its undergraduate programs, namely: Secondary Education, Elementary Education, Business Administration, Accountancy, Liberal Arts, and Biology during the survey visit conducted by the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities-Accrediting Council, Inc. led by Dr. Estrella C. Buenaventura and Prof. Erlizabeth R. Camara on February 6-10, 2017. The said programs are granted a five-year re-accreditation status effective April 2017-2022.

Meanwhile, the programs in Hotel and Restaurant Management and Tourism retained their Level II re-accredited status and were advised to apply for a Level III status. The Elementary Program kept its Level III status while the Preschool Program kept its Level II, both effective April 2017-2022. The Special Education Program, on the other hand, has been granted a Candidate Status effective April 2017-2019. The ACSCU Accrediting Council, Inc. will schedule a formal visit to the said program within the two-year period, provided that the recommendations of the survey team are complied with. The Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines has also approved the elevation status of Master of Arts in Education Program, Master in Business Administration Program and Doctor of Education Program from Level III to Level IV effective April 2017 to December 2020.

As Central Philippine University prepares for the next accreditation, it strengthens its commitment to quality education and to providing professional opportunities for its students here and abroad. CPU hopes to achieve greater heights by elevating the accreditation status of its academic programs and by producing degree programs that can be hailed as Centers of Development and Centers of Excellence by the Commission on Higher Education.

It can be recalled that the university ranked first for the most number of academic programs hailed as Centers of Development and Centers of Excellence based on the list of the Commission on Higher Education for Academic Year 2016-2017, as ranked by LocalPulse, a social news and entertainment network that provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and a menu of accurate, complete and relevant information. CPU is the only university from Western Visayas to make it to the top 20. The only other university from Western Visayas to be part of the list is West Visayas State University-Lambunao Campus, which is at number 26.