1. Six states actually “accredit” institutions, 14 “approve,” four “authorize,” three “certify,” one
“oversees,” one (New York) “registers” and the others “license.”
2. Forty states require accreditation in order to operate. Twenty-one states require accreditation
for new nonpublic institutions.
3. Forty-four states require out-of-state institutions to be accredited in order to operate in the
state, and some require additional state agency review.
4. Sixteen states have transfer policies affecting all institutions, eight of them requiring
accreditation.
5. Twenty-eight states require nonpublic institutions to be accredited to receive state funds.