Acceptability of National Accreditation

On the frequently asked question of whether national accreditation is "good enough", I ran across this survey of 16 Minnesota universities, none of which routinely accept national accreditation. A small number will consider a special review.

http://www.mntransfer.org/TSInfo/faqs/accreditingag.html

 

Ron,

With all due respect, who cares if most of these "Minnesota Universities" won't accept nationally accredited classes for credit transfer. Being able to transfer your credits to every single college out there has nothing to do with the academic quality and rigor of nationally accredited schools. It certainly has nothing to do with questioning whether national accreditation is "good enough."

National accreditation is "good enough" for the US Dept of Education, CHEA and the over 130 million students that have studied at nationally accredited schools.

 

Utility of a degree, or in this case credits is very important. A very common reason for going to college is earning a degree and utilizing that degree to improve one's earning power and or job satisfaction. The more utility a degree has then the more leverage and options the degree holder has.

 

If you read the posts here, it's a common question. I am mostly providing info that I haven't seen here before, not judging. I understand that they still fall under the umbrella of accreditation and would be the first to support anyone who gets an accredited degree. Minnesota is relevant, since I got my undergraduate degree there.

My point is that although accredited, nationally accredited degrees will likely limit you in your choice of future universities for an advanced degree or possibly in your job search.

Basically, know what it is going to do / not do for you and make an informed choice.

 

As an addendum, I was somewhat surprised by the info, since I had the impression that National credits would transfer to roughly 50% of Regional universities.

 

UMD will accept NA degrees for admission to its MBA program, perhaps they would be equally liberal with xfer to undergrad programs. UMD's a pretty good school, it's nice to know they seem receptive to NA degrees.

http://www.d.umn.edu/sbe/degreeprogs/MBA/rqmts.php

 

Yeah. But have you ever been to Duluth in January?

 

Yes, they measure snow in FEET!

 

Duluth, Brained, Bemidi, it's all the same, growing Zone 3...I wouldn't mind owning a brake shop in Duluth however....(hills).