Can someone tell me what this accredation statement means?

About the College

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private, four-year College offering two- and four-year degree programs of study. It is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Would this be RA, NA, or Junk?

 

Check with the U. S. Department of Education (www.ed.gov) and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (www.chea.org) to verify their claims. If their information is indeed true and correct, they have their regional accredition (Middle States Association), which accredits entire schools, and their professional (national) accreditation for engineering schools (ABET).

 

RA.

The Academy of Aeronautics was a two-year school that became the College of Aeronautics when it became a four-year school. It appears that the College of Aeronautics is now, as horse racing fans would say, stepping up in class and becoming the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology.

Good to see they are venturing into online education targeted to airline management.

 

Thanks, I have been looking for a DL school that I can apply my ASGS, FAA Airframe and Powerplant License, and US Navy SMART transcript (150 ACE credits) into a BS in Aviation Maintenance degree. I have 26 years in this field and need to turn it into a degree with the least painfull means.

I will give them a call tomorrow.

 

The school is legitimate, but there is some confusion about names.

The regional accreditation agency for colleges and universities is the "Middle States Commission on Higher Education" (which is a division of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools). Vaughn is on their list of accredited schools at www.msche.org. So Vaughn appears to be regionally accredited.

The accreditation agency for engineering-related programs is ABET. Several Vaughn associate's or bachelor's degrees are on the ABET list of accredited "engineering technology" programs at www.abet.org. However, these degrees seem to be listed under the school's old name, "College of Aeronautics". So at least some of Vaughn's technology degrees appear to be ABET-accredited.

The Vaughn degrees are "TAC/ABET" accredited, which means they are "engineering technology" degrees. They are not "EAC/ABET" accredited, which would mean that they were "engineering" degrees. This may not matter, unless you ultimately want to pursue an advanced degree or a Professional Engineer's license; in such cases, the EAC/ABET bachelor's degree is typically preferred over the TAC/ABET degree.

 

The A&P was, and presumedly is, their bread and butter thang.

But given the number of ACE credits you have, you might better go with Excelsior College or, possibly, Thomas Edison State College or Charter Oak state College. With Excelsior you may be able to skip from bow to fantail without the keelhaul of actual study.

 

You might want to check with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - They have DL degrees plus classes at many locations thru-out the US.
http://www.erau.edu/ec/alldegrees.html

 

Thanks for the input. I have checked out most of the DL schools.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - #1 choice but they are very tight in giving credit for Military service (or for anything).

Excelsior College – They have no BS program in Aviation.

Thomas Edison State College – Paid the $75 for their assessment and still needed to take 12 classes.

I’m currently a student at CityU and have a program plan that will get me a BSGS with 2 CLEPS (Hum and NS) and 4 courses. I started with CityU in 1998 and have a ASGS with them so they are really the quickest road to a RA BS degree. I have worked this program hard with them (like brow beating them about SOCNAV rules) and when it’s all said and done I will have went from ground zero (1998) to BSGS (2006) by taking 2 CLEPS and 10 Classes total. So its looks this is the best road to stay on.

 

Sounds like you know the ropes. Good luck with your studies.

 

Mr. D

You may also want to consider Mountain State University. Their aviation leadership and management program is very good. I got a bunch of credits for my A&P certificate. Good luck.