All member Universities and High Schools are accredited by one or more National or Regional Accrediting Bodies. Our member Universities are committed to improving the educational standards of on-line universities by establishing stringent quality standards.

Accreditation is a form of peer review. Accreditation of an educational institution guarantees that the learning offered by that institution is of a uniform and sound quality.

Being an accredited university assures the public, in particular prospective students, that a particular university has been found to meet quality educational standards and criteria.

Students receive the following benefits with an accredited university:

• Assurance that the institution is meeting certain educational quality standards.
• Reasonable grounds for believing that the institution will continue to meet them.
• Assurance that their degrees will be widely accepted by employers, professionals, and
• other colleges and universities.
• Belief that their degree will produce the benefits associated with sound, high-quality
• educational standards.

The accreditation board establishes criteria that institutions are required to meet in order to become accredited. The accrediting board evaluates an institution in terms of its mission, educational practices, administration, financial stability, policies, and student services. Only the institutions meeting accreditation standards in all these areas are granted accreditation.

There are several non-governmental accrediting agencies or boards that have established certain educational standards and are helping institutions to build on-line educational standards.