Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities, which also recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. Each accreditor is independent, which means the requirements vary from group to group. The association is based in Washington DC and approved by the United States Department of Education. The CHEA website contains a searchable database to check accreditation status of approved accreditation agencies, accredited schools, or schools currently in the process of getting accreditation. The database includes schools that are "candidates" for accreditation.

See also

• Accreditation mill
• Diploma mill
• List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
• List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
• List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
• School accreditation
• US Department of Education

External links

• CHEA.org – Official website

Educational organizationsSchool accreditors