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The accreditation and preaccreditation (“Candidacy status”) of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and internationally, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions.
Regional accrediting commissions are among the oldest accrediting organizations in the country. The United States is divided into six accreditation regions: New England, Middle States, North Central, Southern, Western and Northwest. Seven accrediting commissions operate in these regions.
Regional accreditation is when a recognized accrediting agency assesses a college or university’s overall academic quality. Regional accreditors evaluate a school’s curriculum, graduation and retention rates, and faculty credentials.
Learn more about differences between national and regional institutional accreditation, why it’s important that your institution is accredited, and tips to help verify your college or university’s accreditation status.
Simply put, regional accreditation is distinct from national accreditation. The main difference between the two is that credits earned from institutions that are regionally accredited are more widely accepted and thus more easily transferable.
The various commissions of the regional accrediting associations, for example, perform institutional accreditation, as do many national accrediting agencies. Specialized or programmatic accreditation normally applies to programs, departments, or schools that are parts of an institution.
The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) represents the seven organizations responsible for the accreditation of roughly 3,000 of the nation’s colleges and universities. Our work helps higher education quality for students.