Accreditation - Springfield

Springfield 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

Everest College is a senior college accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award certificates, diplomas, Associate's Degrees and Bachelor'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 and is recognized by the Council for Higher

Education Accreditation. Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), 750 First Street, NE, Suite 980, Washington, D.C. 20002, (202) 336-6780, www.acics.org.

The Everest College Medical Assistant 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).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, Phone: 727-210-2350, Fax: 727-210-2354, www.caahep.org

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS

• Approval to operate granted by the Missouri Coordinating Board of Higher Education.
• Approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide services to persons eligible forVeteran's Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
  

Everest College is a tax-paying, non-subsidized institution of higher learning dedicated to the principle of free enterprise.

1010 West Sunshine St.
MO 65807