Accreditation - Brandon

Brandon Campus

What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a distinction granted to any institution meeting or exceeding the stated criteria of educational quality. The purposes of accreditation include:

  • Assess and enhance the educational quality of an institution.
  • Assure consistency in institutional operations.
  • Promote institutional improvement.
  • Provide for public accountability.
Why is it important to you?
Accreditation affects you by providing for the responsibility of an institution and assuring prospective and current students of the following:
  • It is recognized as a qualified institution of higher learning with approved programs of study that meet recognized academic standards.
  • It employs a professional staff.
  • It has sufficient facilities and equipment.
  • It is a stable and permanent fixture in the educational community.
This school voluntarily undergoes periodic accrediting evaluations by teams of qualified examiners including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private school administration.

Institutional & Programmatic Accreditation

  • Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
  • The Medical Assistant diploma program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
  • The Surgical Technologist program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA). Further information can be obtained by contacting the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, 727.210.2350, 727.210.2354 (fax), www.caahep.org.
  • The Radiologic Technology program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850, Chicago, IL 60606-3182 (312)704-5300, www.jrcert.org.

Approvals

  • Approved for the training of veterans and eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
  • Approved School by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB).
    The Associate Degree in Nursing program has full approval by the Florida Board of Nursing, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN C02, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3252, 850.245.4125, www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing.
  • Authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.
  • Everest University in Brandon (License #2627), a branch of the Tampa campus, is licensed by means of accreditation by the Commission for Independent Education, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, 888.224.6684."

Memberships

  • Member, Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools.

* Copies of accreditation, approval and membership documentation are available for inspection at the campus. Please contact the campus president to review this material. 

3924 Coconut Palm Drive
FL 33619

 
 
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