What is the difference between US schools that are state approved and regionally accredited ?
Accreditation in the USA Accreditation is a complex and fast-changing issue. Please see the DL Booklist in Q&A #4 for books that deal with this subject in a more in-depth way than this FAQ is able to. On planet Earth, national governments run universities, or license them. The exception to this is the United States of America. The US has a two-tiered system consisting of state and private universities that are accredited, and universities that are approved by whatever state each school resides in. (Note: Complicating the issue in the US is an additional type of accreditation called professional accreditation. Examples of professional accrediting bodies are the National League of Nursing (NLN) for Nursing degrees, American Bar Assocation (ABA) for law school accreditation, and the American Psychological Association (APA). All legitimate professional accrediting bodies must be approved by the US DOED. Professional accreditation is not a universal requirement. Whether or not one must have