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Appendix A

Accrediting Agencies and Associations Recognized

by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

The Secretary of Education is required by statute to publish a list of nationally recognized

accrediting agencies and associations which the Secretary determines to be reliable authorities as

to the quality of training offered by educational institutions and programs. The National

Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility assists the Secretary in

determining which accrediting bodies should be listed. Accrediting bodies that achieve

recognition are reviewed at least every 4 years thereafter.

The commissions of the regional associations and the national institutional and specialized

accrediting agencies which are recognized by the Secretary have no legal control over

educational institutions or programs. They promulgate standards of quality or criteria of

institutional excellence and approve or admit to membership those institutions that meet the

standards or criteria.

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Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations

The regional associations recognized by the Secretary of Education appear in the following

listing. Regional accreditation applies to the entire institution and indicates that each of its parts

is contributing to the achievement of an institution's objectives, although not necessarily all on

the same level of quality.

All regional accreditations listed in the Directory are self-reported by the institution and have not

been verified by NCES, so the prospective student should verify accreditations of importance to

him or her in the selection of a school by contracting the accrediting agencies. Appendix B

provides the addresses and telephone numbers of the accrediting agencies for this purpose.

Directory

Listing

Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations,

(with regional commissions and states in region)

Middle States

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Higher Education

Commission on Secondary Schools

(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,

New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)

New England

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Commission on Institutions of Higher Education

Commission on Technical and Career Institutions

(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

Rhode Island, Vermont)

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Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations - continued

Directory

Listing

Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations,

(with regional commissions and states in region)

North Central

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Institutions of Higher Education

Commission on Schools

(Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,

Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,

New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota,

West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Northwest

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges

Commission on Colleges

(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,

Washington)

Southern

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges

(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,

Texas, Virginia)

Western

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accrediting Commission for Schools

Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities

(California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Republic of Palau,

the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands

and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas)

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I. National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies

The national institutional and specialized accrediting agencies recognized by the Secretary of

Education, and their scope of recognition, appear in the following listing. Institutional

accreditation normally applies to an entire institution, indicating that each of its parts is

contributing to the achievement of an institution¡¯s objectives, although not necessarily all on the

same level of quality. Some national accrediting agencies perform institutional accreditation.

Specialized accreditation normally applies to evaluation of programs, departments, or schools

which usually are parts of a total collegiate or other postsecondary institution. The unit

accredited may be as large as a college or school within a university or as small as a curriculum

within a discipline. Most of the specialized accrediting agencies review units within a

postsecondary institution, which is accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions.

However, certain of the specialized accrediting agencies do accredit professional schools and

other specialized or vocational or other postsecondary institutions which are free-standing in

their operations. Thus, a ¡°specialized¡± or ¡°programmatic¡± accrediting agency may also function

in the capacity of an ¡°institutional¡± accrediting agency. In addition, a number of specialized

accrediting agencies accredit educational programs within non-educational settings, such as

hospitals.

All national institutional and specialized accreditations listed in the Directory are self-reported

by the institution and have not been verified by NCES. The prospective student should verify

accreditations of importance to him or her in the selection of a school by contacting the

accrediting agencies. Appendix B provides the addresses and telephone numbers of the

accrediting agencies for this purpose.

Directory

Listing

National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies

and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing

ACUP

National Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Acupuncture (first professional master's degree and professional master's level

certificate and diploma program in acupuncture and oriental medicine)

ADNUR

National League for Nursing, Inc.

Nursing (associate degree programs)

AHE

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

Allied Health Education (private postsecondary institutions)

ANEST

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Nurse Anesthesia (generic nurse anesthesia educational programs/schools)

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Directory

Listing

National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies

and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing

ARCH

National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. 1/

Architecture (first professional degree programs)

ART

National Association of Schools of Art and Design

Art and Design (degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting schools)

AUD

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Audiology (master's degree programs)

BI

Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges

Bible College Education (Bible colleges and institutes offering undergraduate

Programs)

BUAD

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs

Business (associate degree programs in business and business-related field)

BUBD

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs

Business (baccalaureate degree programs in business and business-related files)

BUMD

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs

Business (master¡¯s degree programs in business and business-related files)

CE

Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools

Christian Education (Christian postsecondary institutions that offer certificates, diplomas,

and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees)

CHE

Council on Education for Public Health

Community Health Education (graduate programs offered outside schools of public health)

CHIRO

Council on Chiropractic Education, The

Chiropractic (programs leading to the D.C. degree)

CHPM

Council on Education for Public Health

Community Health/Preventive Medicine (graduate programs offered outside schools

of public health)

CLPSY

American Psychological Association

Clinical Psychology (doctoral programs)

CNCE

Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training

Continuing Education (noncollegiate continuing education institutions and programs)

COPSY

American Psychological Association

Counseling Psychology (doctoral programs)

COSME

National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences

Cosmetology (postsecondary schools and departments)

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Directory

Listing

National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies

and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing

CPE

United States Catholic Conference 1/

Pastoral Education (centers/programs, including those that offer clinical pastoral education,

that award certificates, baccalaureate, and master¡¯s degrees for training for specialized

Ministries in the Catholic Church)

CYTO

American Medical Association, Committee on Allied Health

Education and Accreditation

Cytotechnology (programs for the cytotechnologist )

DA

American Dental Association

Dental Assisting (programs in dental assisting)

DANCE

National Association of Schools of Dance

Dance (institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and

non-degree-granting programs)

DENT

American Dental Association

Dentistry (programs leading to the D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree; advanced general

Dentistry and specialty programs, and general practice residency programs)

DH

American Dental Association

Dental Hygiene (programs in dental hygiene)

DIET

American Dietetic Association, The

Dietetics (coordinated undergraduate programs)

DIETI

American Dietetic Association, The

Dietetics (postbaccalaureate internship programs)

DIST

Distance Education and Training Council

Distance Education and Training (home study schools including associate, baccalaureate, or

master¡¯s degree-granting home study school)

DMS

American Medical Association, Committee on Allied Health

Education and Accreditation

Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (programs for the diagnostic medical sonographer)

DNUR

National League for Nursing, Inc.

Nursing (diploma programs)

DT

American Dental Association

Dental Technology (programs in dental technology)

EHSP

National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council

Environment Health Science and Protection (program leading to a baccalaureate or higher

degree)

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