What expenses can be anticipated for accreditation?
Programs are responsible for all costs of site team members associated with the site visit including, but not limited to, hotel expenses, airfare or mileage, meals, and rental car (if needed). Since the program is responsible for arranging the hotel and meal arrangements, costs vary from each site visit. During the evaluation site visit, AVMA staff will initially take care of the expenses for the team. Because of this, it is important that lodging and food arrangements are made with institutions that accept American Express credit cards. Eventually, all site visit travel, meals, lodging and associated expenses will be billed to the College. In addition, new programs are assessed a $2,500 application fee which is due along with your self-study report. This fee is above logistics costs mentioned above. Once all expenses have been collected following the site visit, an invoice is sent to the Program. Accredited programs are also assessed a $500 annual fee for subsequent years.
