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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.
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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,
(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.
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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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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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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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