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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