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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.

I. 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 New England

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 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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Directory Listing

Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations, (with regional commissions and states in region)

North Central

Northwest Southern Western

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 Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Colleges (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,

Washington)

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

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

ACUP

ADNUR AHE ANEST

National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing

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)

National League for Nursing, Inc. Nursing (associate degree programs)

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools Allied Health Education (private postsecondary institutions)

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 ART AUD

National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. 1/ Architecture (first professional degree programs)

National Association of Schools of Art and Design Art and Design (degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting schools)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Audiology (master's degree programs)

BI BUAD

Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges Bible College Education (Bible colleges and institutes offering undergraduate

Programs)

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Business (associate degree programs in business and business-related field)

BUBD BUMD CE

CHE CHIRO CHPM

CLPSY CNCE COPSY COSME

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Business (baccalaureate degree programs in business and business-related files)

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Business (master's degree programs in business and business-related files)

Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools Christian Education (Christian postsecondary institutions that offer certificates, diplomas,

and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees)

Council on Education for Public Health Community Health Education (graduate programs offered outside schools of public health)

Council on Chiropractic Education, The Chiropractic (programs leading to the D.C. degree)

Council on Education for Public Health Community Health/Preventive Medicine (graduate programs offered outside schools

of public health)

American Psychological Association Clinical Psychology (doctoral programs)

Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training Continuing Education (noncollegiate continuing education institutions and programs)

American Psychological Association Counseling Psychology (doctoral programs)

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 DANCE DENT

American Dental Association Dental Assisting (programs in dental assisting)

National Association of Schools of Dance Dance (institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and

non-degree-granting programs)

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 DIET DIETI DIST

DMS

DNUR DT EHSP

American Dental Association Dental Hygiene (programs in dental hygiene)

American Dietetic Association, The Dietetics (coordinated undergraduate programs)

American Dietetic Association, The Dietetics (postbaccalaureate internship programs)

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

master's degree-granting home study school)

American Medical Association, Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation

Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (programs for the diagnostic medical sonographer)

National League for Nursing, Inc. Nursing (diploma programs)

American Dental Association Dental Technology (programs in dental technology)

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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