CHEA Recognition Decision Summaries
In accordance with the CHEA Standards and Procedures for Recognition (2021), These summaries describe the formal status of accrediting organizations in relation to recognition by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
- Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS)
- Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE)
- Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
- Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA)
- Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
- Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE)
- Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)
- Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC)
- Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (AAFS-FEPAC)
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
- American Board of Funeral Services Education Committee on Accreditation (ABFSE)
- American Council for Construction Education (ACCE)
- American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission
(ACFEF-AC) - American Library Association Committee on Accreditation (ALA-CoA)
- American Occupational Therapy Association Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy (AOTA-ACOTE)
- American Physical Therapy Association Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (APTA-CAPTE)
- American Podiatric Medical Association Council on Podiatric Medical Education (APMA-CPME)
- American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (APA-CoA)
- American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (AVMA)
- Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP)
- Association for Behavior Analysis International Accreditation Board (ABAI)
- Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation (ABHE)
- Association for Education and Rehabilitation of Blind and Visually Impaired Accreditation Council (AERAC)
- Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries-Commission on Accreditation (ARTS-COA)
- Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
- Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI)
- Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
- Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (COAMFTE-AAMFT)
- Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
- Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
- Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)
- Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP)
- Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS)
- Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA)
- Commission on Opticianry Accreditation (COA)
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
- Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
- Council for Standards in Human Service Education (CSHSE)
- Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
- Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CAA-ASHA)
- Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA-NAEP)
- Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions (COAPRT)
- Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE)
- Council on Rehabilitation Education Commission on Standards and Accreditation (CORE)
- Council on Social Work Education Commission on Accreditation (CSWE)
- Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)
- Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
- International Accreditation Council for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)
- International Fire Service Accreditation Congress Degree Assembly (IFSAC-DA)
- Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
- Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)
- Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board American Society of Landscape Architects (LAAB-ASLA)
- Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC)
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (NASPAA-COPRA)
- New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
- Planning Accreditation Board (PAB)
- Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (PMI-GAC)
- Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS)
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
- Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)
- Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools Accreditation Commission (TRACS)
- WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)