college graduated its first class in 2014.
=== School of Music and Ministry Studies ===
The Winters School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The music therapy program is accredited by the American Music Therapy Association. In February 2018, William Carey University became the first All-Steinway School in the state of Mississippi.
=== Department of Theatre & Communication and Carey Dinner Theatre ===
William Carey University's Department of Theatre & Communication began in 1915 by Kate Downs P'Pool. Since 1994, the department has become actively involved in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. In 2001, William Carey's production of And David Danced was selected for presentation at the National Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C. In the same year, the department was honored with the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. The department has also twice taken faculty and students to …