Accreditation - North Orlando

North Orlando 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:
The campus is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees and Master's degrees.  The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education.  Its accreditation of degree-granting institutions also is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.  The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) is located at 750 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C.  20002; (202) 336-6780.

Licensure, Approvals, and Memberships
The campus is a nonsectarian, coeducational institution with authority to confer associate, bachelor, master degrees and diplomas.  The campus is licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Florida Commission for Independent Education, Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida 32301; telephone (850) 245-3200.

Undergraduate and graduate programs are approved by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and by the Florida State Approving Agency for Veterans Training.  All campuses are members of the Career College Association. 

The Medical Assisting programs at Everest University Brandon, Everest University Lakeland, Everest University Melbourne, Everest University North Orlando, Everest University Pinellas, Everest University South Orlando, and Everest University Tampa are 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).

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 Jacksonville, Lakeland, North Orlando, Pinellas, Pompano Beach and Tampa campuses are authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.

 

5421 Diplomat Circle
FL 32810