Accreditation - Eagan

Eagan 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.

Accreditation & Memberships:

• Everest Institute is licensed by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education as a Private Career School.
• Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) as a branch of Everest Institute - Cross Lanes, West Virginia.
  
• The Medical Assistant Program is accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, 7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314 N. Falls Church, VA 22043, (703) 917-9503.
  

1000 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 250
MN 55121