Accreditation - Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo 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.

 ACCREDITATIONS, APPROVALS AND MEMBERSHIPS

 

These schools voluntarily undergo periodic accrediting evaluations by teams of qualified examiners, including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private school administration.

  • Licensed to operate by the State of Michigan, Department of Labor and Economic Growth.
  • Eligible institution under the Federal Stafford Loan Program (FSL) and Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (FPLUS).
  • Eligible institution for Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Pell Grant and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs.
  • Approved for the training of Veterans and eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
  • Provides training services for the Veterans Administration’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services
  • Provides training services for the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth/Michigan Rehabilitation Services

 

Kalamazoo

 

Everest Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC).

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 302
Arlington, Virginia 22201
(703) 247-4212
www.accsc.org

 

The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.

 

The Medical Assisting program is programmatically accredited by the accrediting commission of the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), 7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314 N, Falls Church, VA 22043, (703)917-9503.

 

Everest Institute is licensed by the State of Michigan, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Office of Postsecondary Services, located at 201 N. Washington Square, Victor Office Center, 4th Floor, Lansing, MI 48913, to provide training in the following fields:

 

5177 W. Main Street
MI 49009