Are online schools accredited?
To adequately answer this question, we need to define what accreditation actually means. The idea is that if a school is accredited, then an employer is assured that a graduate from that school has a certain level of education, which is deemed to meet a minimum standard of quality. It is important to know that accreditation is voluntary and not a governmental review or standard requirement. There are two primary forms of accreditation recognized in the United States; Regional and National. Regional accreditation is the oldest form of accreditation and is the most common denominator found in most traditional colleges and universities. There are six accrediting agencies in the U.S. and all are listed by the U.S. Department of Education as nationally recognized accrediting agencies. Over the past two decades, we have witnessed the emergence of additional accrediting agencies that pay particular attention to specific fields and types of study. Because these agencies are not geographically
