Are Columbia Pacific University degrees legal?
99.5 % of the degrees conferred by CPU (from 1978 to 1997) are recognized by the state of California as legal and valid. The state uses the term “approved” and signifies the majority of those degrees as “consistent in quality” with degrees conferred by appropriately accredited institutions. The other one-half of 1% (33 degrees) were conferred after 1997 when CPU’s then owners followed their attorney’s advice and remained open while their appeals wound their way through state court. Our position is that this was a mistake on their part.
