Complete List of National Accrediting Agencies
The following organizations are recognized by either the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), the United States Department of Education (USDE) or both. These national accrediting agencies are considered faith-based, career-based, or programmatic accrediting organizations.
- AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
- Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and College of Technology
- Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
- Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology
- Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
- Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
- Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)
- American Academy for Liberal Education
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT/COAMFTE) Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Council for Accreditation (CFA)
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (CoA-NA)
- American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) Committee on Accreditation
- American College of Nurse-Midwives, Division of Accreditation
- American Council for Construction Education (ACCE)
- American Culinary Federation Foundation, Inc. (ACFF) Accrediting Commission
- American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
- American Dietetic Association Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE-ADA)
- American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Accreditation (CoA)
- American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)
- American Optometric Association (AOA) Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE)
- American Osteopathic Association, Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
- Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
- American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME)
- American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on Accreditation (CoA)
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education
- Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Accreditation Commission
- Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
- Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI)
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
- Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- Commission on English Language Program Accreditation
- Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
- Commission on Opticianry Association
- Computer Sciences Accreditation Commission (CSAC) of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
- Council for Interior Design Accreditation
- Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
- Council on Aviation Accreditation
- Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) Commission on Accreditation
- Council on Education for Public Health
- Council on Naturopathic Medical Education
- Council on Occupational Education
- Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) Commission on Standards and Accreditation
- Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Office of Social Work Accreditation and Educational Excellence
- Distance Education and Training Council, Accrediting Commission (DETC)
- Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER)
- Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
- Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)
- Liaison Committee on Medical Education
- Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
- Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, Commission on Accreditation
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
- National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
- National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
- National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT)
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, Council on Accreditation
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
- National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)
- National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
- National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA)
- National Association of Schools of Theatre, Commission on Accreditation
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council
- National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (NLNAC)
- National Recreation & Park Association/ American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (NRPA/AAPAR)
- Planning Accreditation Board (PAB)
- Society of American Foresters (SAF)
- Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)
