Figure 21:

Number and Location of Non-U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States
and Accredited by Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations

Regional Accrediting Organizations	Number of Institutions or Programs	Countries and U.S. Commonwealths and Territories
Middle States Commission on Higher Education	17	Austria, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Egypt, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates
New England Commission on Higher Education	12	Bermuda, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Switzerland
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities	3	Canada
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	8	Costa Rica, Mexico, United Arab Emirates
WASC Senior College and University Commission	13	Armenia, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, India, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Qatar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Regional Accrediting Organizations	53	28 countries

 

 

National Faith-Related Accrediting Organizations
Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation	18	Canada, Mexico
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools	35	Canada
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools Accreditation Commission	5	Albania, China, Malawi, Taiwan, Turks and Caicos
National Faith-Related Accrediting Commissions Total	58	7 countries

 

National Career-Related Accrediting Organizations
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training	18	Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia
National Career-Related Organizations Total	18	8 countries

 

 

Programmatic Accrediting Organizations	Number of Institutions or Programs	Countries and U.S. Commonwealths and Territories
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing	16	Columbia, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs	970	Anguilla, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Colombia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands, Vietnam
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics	7	Australia, Lebanon, Mexico, Qatar, South Korea, United Arab Emirates
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education	1	Lebanon
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications	8	Chile, Mexico, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education American Occupational Therapy Association	3	Australia, United Kingdom
Accreditation Council on Optometric Education American Optometric Association	2	Canada
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission	2	Canada
American Council for Construction Education	1	Canada
American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission	21	Bermuda, Bulgaria, Manilla, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Switzerland
American Library Association Committee on Accreditation	8	Canada
American Physical Therapy Association Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education	1	Scotland
American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education	21	Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Republic of Korea
Aviation Accreditation Board International	7	Canada, China, Jordan, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education	1	Spain
Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc	35	Ireland, Australia, Canada
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs	6	Canada, New Zealand, China, Saudi Arabia
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education	2	Canada
Commission on Dental Accreditation American Dental Association	2	Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Commission on English Language Program Accreditation	32	Colombia, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation	7	Jordan, Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, United Arab Ermirates, State of Qatar
Council for Interior Design Accreditation	17	Canada, North Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Council on Chiropractic Education	1	Canada
Council on Education for Public Health	10	Canada, Grenada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Mexico, Taiwan
Council on Naturopathic Medical Education	1	Canada
International Accreditation Council for Business Education	410	Cayman Islands, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, North Cypress, Philippines, Poland, Switzerland, Suriname, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
Liaison Committee on Medical Education	1	Canada
Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education	N/A	N/A
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science	4	Canada, Qatar
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation	17	Columbia, China, Egypt, New Zealand, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Venezuela, Vietnam
Planning Accreditation Board	2	Canada, Puerto Rico
Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System	1	Canada
Programmatic Accrediting Organizations Total	1,646	69 Countries (including U.S. Territories)
Grand Total	1,750	79 Countries (including U.S. Territories)

 

 

Figure 22:
 

Non-U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States and Accredited by Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations, 2007-2023

	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2021	2023
Number of Non-U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States and Accredited by Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations	385	505	857	1,077	1,136	1,176	1,646
Number of Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations Accrediting Non-U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States	41	42	42	46	44	48	43
Number of Countries and U.S. Territories in which Recognized Accrediting Organizations are Accrediting Non-U.S. Institutions and Programs	46	52	58	70	84	91	79

 

Figure 23:
 

Number and Location of U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States and Accredited by
Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations

Regional Accrediting Organizations	Number of Institutions or Programs	Countries and U.S. Commonwealths and Territories
Higher Learning Commission	127	Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, , South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Middle States Commission on Higher Education	53	Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Kosovo, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Vietnam, Zambia
Regional Accrediting Organizations Total	180	87 countries

 

National Faith-Related Organizations
Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation	13	Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Germany Panama, Peru, South Korea, Thailand, Uganda
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools	37	Argentina, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kenya, Myanmar, Poland, Spain, Romania, Russian Federation, Taiwan, Thailand United Kingdom, Ukraine, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools Accreditation Commission	18	Cuba, Thailand, England, Nepal, Uganda, Philippines, Bangladesh, Canada, South Korea, India, Vietnam, Hungary, Mongolia, Panama, Mexico
National Faith-Related Accrediting Organizations Total	68	31 countries

 

National Career-Related Organizations
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges	46	France, Germany, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training	7	Belgium, Canada
National Career-Related Accrediting Organizations Total	53	7 countries

 

Institutional Accrediting Organization
Distance Education Accrediting Commission	8	China, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Institutional Accrediting Organization Total	8	8 countries

 

 

Programmatic Accrediting Organizations
ABET	N/A	N/A
Commission on Massage Therapy Education	1	Costa Rica
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs	192	Netherlands, Bangladesh, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education	2	Grenada, St. Kitt's and Nevis
Aviation Accreditation Board International	1	Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education	3	Lebanon
Council for Interior Design Accreditation	1	Qatar
Council on Accreditation of Parks Recreation Tourism and Related Professions	1	Canada
Landscape Architectural Accrediting Board, American Society of Landscape Architects	1	Lebanon
Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education	N/A	N/A
National Association of Schools of Art and Design	3	France, Italy, Lebanon
Programmatic Accrediting Organizations Total	202* Data not provided by two accrediting organizations	16 Countries * Data not provided by two accrediting organizations
Grand Total	496* Data not provided by two accrediting organizations	100 Countries * Data not provided by two accrediting organizations

 

Figure 24:
 

U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States and Accredited by Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations, 2007-2023

	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2021	2023
Number of U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States and Accredited by Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations	364	602	720	409	375	390	491
Number of Recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations Accrediting U.S. Institutions and Programs Operating Outside the United States	41	17	21	22	21	26	19
Number of Countries and U.S. Territories in which Recognized Accrediting Organizations are Accrediting U.S. Institutions and Programs	90	113	122	116	121	105	100

 

Figure 25:
 

Institutional Accreditation by Institutional Control, Degree- or Non-Degree-Granting Status, 2020-2023

		Public	Private Nonprofit	Private For-Profit	Institutional Control Not Indicated	Total Institutions
Regional	Degree	1,551	1,337	94	0	2,982
	Non-Degree	0	0	0	0	0
Regional Total		1,551	1,337	94	0	2,982
National Faith-Related	Degree	0	522	10	0	532
	Non-Degree	0	2	0	0	2
National Faith-Related Total		0	524	10	0	534
National Career-Related*	Degree	9	86	739	0	834
	Non-Degree	8	52	283	0	343
National Career-Related Total		17	138	1,022	0	1,177
Institutional	Degree	1	23	62	0	86
	Non-Degree	0	2	3	0	5
Institutional Total		1	25	65	0	91
Total Institutions	Degree	1,561	1,968	905	0	4,434
	Non-Degree	8	56	286	0	350
Grand Totals		1,569	2,080	2,096	0	4,784

*Not included in data for National Career-Related institutions are three public, 59 private nonprofit, and 546 private for profit institutions as these were not divided by degree and non-degree. Data also not included in totals.

Figure 26:
 

Programmatic Accreditation by Degree- or Non-Degree-Granting Status, Including both CHEA- and USDE-Recognized Accreditors

	Public	Private Nonprofit	Private For-Profit	Institutional Control Not Indicated (#s not provided)	Total Institutions
Degree	11,788	7,469	1,979	7	21,243
Non-Degree	803	751	362		1,921
Total	12,591	8,220	2,341	7	23,164†

 

†The final total is higher than the sum of the numbers because 18 accreditors have not identified the programs as degree or non-degree and so could not be included in any of the categories above.

Figure 27:
 

Number of Volunteers, Number of Employees and Accrediting Unit Operating Budgets, Including both CHEA- and USDE-Recognized Accreditors

	Regional Accrediting Organizations	National Faith-Related Accrediting Organizations	National Career-Related Accrediting Organizations	Institutional Accrediting Organization	Programmatic Accrediting Organizations	Totals
Number of volunteers used	7,692	438	765	183	10,680	19,758
Full-time employees	199	24	57	8	424	712
Part-time employees	8	9	2	5	109	133
Operating budget	$58,606,748	$5,399,035	$14,598,966	$3,040,078	$85,948,547	$167,593,374

 

Figure 28:
 

Number of Volunteers, Number of Employees and Accrediting Unit Operating Budgets, 2007-2023

	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2021	2023
Total Number of Volunteers Used	18,267	19,423	20,761	19,674	16,138	19,981	19,758
Total Number of Full-time employees	654	673	751	720	672	789	712
Total Number of Part-time Employees	92	90	102	112	117	104	133
Total Operating Budget	$92,250,988	$98,225,358	$114,121,871	$137,614,383	$154,268,033	$157,820,949	$167,593,374