List of Unrecognized Higher Education Accreditation Organizations - A

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• Academy for the Promotion of International Culture and Scientific Exchange (APICS)
• Accelerated Degree Programs
• Accreditation Association of Christian Colleges and Seminaries, Morgantown, Kentucky
• Accreditation Council for Distance Education
• Accreditation Council for Online Academia
• Accreditation Governing Commission of the United States of America
• Accreditation Panel for Online Colleges and Universities
• Accrediting Association of Christian Colleges and Seminaries, Sarasota, Florida
• Accrediting Commission for Specialized Colleges
• Accrediting Commission International (ACI) (formerly in Beebe, Arkansas, now in Sarasota, Florida) (aka International Accrediting Commission)
• Accrediting Commission International for Schools, Colleges, and Theological Seminaries (ACI) (in Beebe, Arkansas) (aka Accrediting Commission International)
• Accrediting Council for Colleges and Schools (ACCS)
• Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA)
• Alternative Institution Accrediting Association (AIAA)
• American Accrediting Association of Theological Institutions (AATI) (in Rocky Mount, North Carolina)
• American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation (AAHEA) Based in Ocala, Florida, but uses the name and Washington, DC telephone number of another organization that is now defunct.
• American Association of Accredited Private Schools (AAPS)
• American Association of Drugless Practitioners Commission on Accreditation (AADPCA)
• American Association of Independent Collegiate Schools of Business
• American Association of International Medical Graduates (AAIMG)
• American Association of Non-traditional Colleges and Universities (AANCU)
• American Association of Non-Traditional Private Postsecondary Education
• American Association of Schools (AAS)
• American Association of Universities and Colleges (AAUC)
• American Bureau of Higher Education (ABHE)
• American Council of Private Colleges and Universities (ACPCU) (connected to the operator of Hamilton University, now called Richardson University)
• American Council on Private School Accreditation (ACPSA)
• American Education Association for the Accreditation of Schools, Colleges & Universities
• American Federation of Colleges and Schools (AFCS)
• American Federation of Colleges and Seminaries(AmFed)(AFCS) or American Federation of Christian Colleges and Schools (in Lakeland, Florida)
• American Naturopathic Certification Board (ANCB)
• American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board (ANMAB)
• American Naturopathic Medical Certification and Accreditation Board (ANMCAB or ANMAB)
• American Naturopathic Medicine Association (ANMA)
• American Psycotherapy Association
• American Universities Admission Program
• American University Accreditation Council (connected to the operator of the University of Northern Virginia)
• Arizona Commission of Non-Traditional Private Postsecondary Education
• Asia Theological Association (ATA)
• Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP)
• Association for Distance Learning Programs (ADLP)(aka National Academy of Higher Education and Association of Distance Learning Programs)
• Association for Innovation in Distance Education
• Association for Online Academic Excellence (AOAE) (may be based in Wales)
• Association of Accredited Bible Schools
• Association of Accredited Private Schools
• Association of Career Training Schools
• Association of Christian Colleges and Theological Schools (in Louisiana or Virginia)
• Association of Distance Learning Programs (ADLP) (aka Association for Distance Learning and National Academy of Higher Education)
• Association of Independent Christian Colleges & Seminaries
• Association of International Education Assessors (includes Council for Distance Education Accreditation)
• Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries