Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in California

Question of the day:

I observed on a resume, someone claiming a masters degree from this institution ...


www.pacificcollege.edu

Does anyone know if this is legit?

I doubt it , but I honestly don't know.


Thank you.

Mike

 

This school is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). It is not listed as an accredited school under CHEA. I honestly can't tell you if the school is California approved.
Acupunture is one of those disciplines that hasn't received recognition by the American Medical Association. The school may be a legitimate institution but it lacks proper accreditation.

 

I suspect that an acupuncture school generally does not try to award academic degrees. Therefore it would be outside the scope of RA.

 

It's accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, the US Dept. of Education recognized accreditor for such things.

This kind of accreditation represents the institutional accreditation of most of these kind of small schools, few of which are RA. ACAOM does qualify graduates for the licensing exams for acupuncturists in California and elsewhere where licensing exists.

The school seems to be legit, within the context of acupuncture and oriental medicine. Deciding whether that field is legit or not is your decision.

What's more interesting here, is that Pacific College is rolling out an ACAOM accredited doctoral degree. Until now ACAOM was only recognized up to the masters level, and acupuncturists and other oriental medicine practitioners only practiced with masters degrees. They have been lobbying the USDoEd hard for doctoral degrees, so that they can be "Doctors" like everyone else in the health fields.

Apparently DETC was not the only accreditor that recently received USDoEd recognition to accredit first professional degrees.

 

This school actualy has three locations natiowide. It produces very high quality of oriental medicine practitioners. The move to a Doctoral degree is common in a lot of health care fields as discuused in earlier threads.
Jeremy

 

Thank you for your response guys.

I appreciate it and the information.

Mike