| who are looking for any online degree program will | | | | lucky, but by chance it may be a degree program |
| concerns about accreditation because accreditation is | | | | that is offered by diploma mills and accredited by a |
| the keyword that differentiates online degree | | | | "fakes" accreditation agency; you will waste your |
| programs that are recognized and offered by | | | | time and money when you find out that you have |
| reputable online colleges than degrees offer by | | | | earned a "fake" degree that does not help in your |
| diploma mills. But this keyword had been abused by | | | | career. Hence, it worth to spend some time to |
| diploma mills and most of fake's online degree | | | | confirm the degree program that you are going to |
| programs offer in the market are now claimed | | | | enroll is properly accredited by an accreditation |
| accreditation. Hence, you must be a smart consumer | | | | agency recognized by US Department of Education. |
| when searching for your favorite online degree | | | | Which accreditation agencies are recognized by US |
| program and beware of any sign that shows the | | | | Department of Education? There are two categories |
| potential of diploma mill. This article will outline some | | | | of accreditation agencies: National Institutional & |
| hints and alerts that you must be aware of when | | | | Specialized Accrediting Agencies and Regional |
| searching for an online degree. | | | | Institutional Accrediting Agencies. All the online |
| Why Accreditation is Important? | | | | universities and colleges accredited by these two |
| Accreditation provides assurance on the online | | | | groups of accrediting agencies are listed in |
| degree program which you are enrolled or are | | | | accreditation database of ed.gov, website of US |
| considering enrolling has met the education guideline | | | | Education Of Department. So, the accreditation |
| of national standards in the profession and the | | | | database of ed.gov is a good place to check whether |
| degree you earned or going to earn is recognized and | | | | your selected online university and online degree |
| accepted in the job market. Accreditation is not only | | | | program are property accredited by one of these |
| important to students; it also serves as a guide to | | | | accreditation agencies. |
| employers who are going to hire those graduates, it | | | | Another place to check for listed accreditation |
| indicates that these candidates have met the | | | | agency is CHEA.org, it is a non-profit organization of |
| required education standard on the field written in | | | | colleges and universities serving as the national |
| their degree. | | | | advocate for voluntary self-regulation through |
| How to differentiate "Fakes" & Real Accredited | | | | accreditation. Any accrediting agency or online |
| Online Degrees | | | | university that is not list in this accreditation database, |
| "Fake" and real online degrees look so alike until | | | | it needs to trigger your alert on diploma mills. |
| sometimes it creates confusion to us. That's why | | | | Summary |
| there are still many people who accidentally signed up | | | | An accredited online degree program does not give |
| the online degree programs offered by diploma mill, | | | | assurance on it educational quality if it is not |
| and then applying for a job with these fake degrees | | | | accredited by a proper accreditation agency that is |
| and get rejected by employers. | | | | recognized by the US Department of Department. |
| The fact is all "fakes" online degrees do claim | | | | You need to ensure that the online degree program |
| accreditation nowadays; hence, you can't just look at | | | | that you are enrolling or considering enrolling is |
| the word "accreditation" that attached to any online | | | | properly accredited in order to ensure the value of |
| degree program and think that it is fine to enroll into | | | | your degree you going to earn. |
| this program. If it is a "real" online degree, you are | | | | |