Who is ACCSC?
For more than 40 years, the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (“ACCSC”) has been committed to establishing and advancing quality education at private, postsecondary career schools and colleges. ACCSC has been continuously recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a reliable authority for the establishment of educational standards since 1967. ACCSC is a voluntary membership organization composed of, as of December 1, 2010, 792 private, postsecondary, degree and non-degree granting institutions of higher education that provide career training and education in the United States and Puerto Rico. ACCSC’s mission is to serve as a reliable authority on educational quality and to promote enhanced opportunities for students by establishing, sustaining, and enforcing valid standards and practices which contribute to the development of a highly trained and competitive workforce through quality career oriented education. ACCSC’s principal purpose is the accreditation of