Approved List of Accrediting Agencies

NATIONAL & REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCIES

• Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools, www.msche.org
• New England Association of Schools & Colleges, www.neasc.org
• Advanc Ed Advancing Excellence in Education www.ncacasi.org
  (formerly North Central Assc. of Colleges & Schools and Southern Assc. of Colleges and Schools)
• Southern Assc. of Colleges and Schools
• Northwest Association of Schools & Colleges, www.nwccu.org
• Western Association of Schools & Colleges, www.wascweb.org
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) (accredited by states in which located)
• National Lutheran School Accreditation
• Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA)
• American Association of Christian Schools
• Members of the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)*, www.ncpsa.org
• Member Accrediting Agencies belonging to National Association of Independent School (NAIS)**, www.nais.org

STATES

• Alabama Independent School Association
• Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association
• Florida Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools (FAANS) approved Accrediting Organizations
• Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc.
• Georgia Private School Accreditation Council (GAPSAC)
• Michigan Nonpublic School Accrediting Association
• Michigan: University of Michigan (Bureau of School Services)
• Minnesota Independent School Association
• Minnesota Nonpublic School Accreditation Association
• Mississippi Association of Independent Schools
• Missouri Nonpublic School Accrediting Association
• Missouri: University of Missouri
• New York Schools of the Archdiocese of NY
• New York: University of the State of New York
• Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association
• Puerto Rico - CADIE, Department of Public Instruction
• South Carolina Independent School Association
• Texas Catholic Conference
• Texas Private School Accreditation Commission (TEPSAC)
• Virginia Council for Private Education
• Wisconsin Nonpublic School Accrediting Association

FOOTNOTES

*THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOGNIZED MEMBERS OF NCPSA:

• Accrediting Association of Seventh Day Adventist Schools, Colleges & Universities
• Alabama Independent School Association
• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
• Association of Christian Teachers & Schools – Assemblies of God
• Association of Independent Schools of Florida
• Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
• Christian Schools International
• Christian Schools of Florida
• Florida Association of Christian Colleges & Schools
• Florida Catholic Conference
• International Christian Accrediting Association
• Kentucky Non-Public School Commission
• Montessori School Accreditation Commission
• National Accreditation Board of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch
• National Christian School Association
• National Independent Private Schools Association

** THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOGNIZED MEMBERS OF NAIS:

• Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS)
• Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS)
• Association of Independent Schools in New England
• European Council of International Schools (ECIS)
• Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS)
• Independent Schools Association of the Central States
• Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
• New York State Association of Independent Schools
• Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools
• Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools
• Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools
• Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS)

ORGANIZATIONS NOT ACCEPTED FOR ACCREDITING PURPOSES:

• Cook County, IL Office of Educational Services
• National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)   (NCEA is not an accrediting organization)
• North Carolina Dept of Non-Public Schools