Online Law Programs & Legal Studies

One of the best ways to ensure that your education is “worth it” is to enroll in regionally accredited online schools. What do I mean by “worth it”? Well, any higher education is valuable to your time, and your money. Online education has some myths attached to it, particularly that they are not as valuable as a brick-and-mortar college degree program. In most cases, that’s not the case. College degrees are worth the same as long as they are from either regionally accredited traditional schools or regionally accredited online schools.

What makes a school regionally accredited? There are 6 regional accrediting institutions approved by the United States Government. For colleges and universities to be included in this group of regionally accredited online schools, they must meet rigorous educational standards in order for them to meet the accreditation requirements. By ensuring that your college or university of choice can provide you with a well-rounded and thorough education, you will want to make sure that your school is a part of one of the six regionally accredited institutions:

• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools – Educational institutions in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, as well as schools for American children in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges – Educational institutions in the six New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).
• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools – Educational institutions in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
• Northwest Association of Accredited Schools for primary and secondary schools and Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities for postsecondary institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges – Educational institutions in California, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Micronesia, Palau, and Northern Marianas Islands.
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools – Educational institutions in Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas.

By enrolling in one of these regionally accredited online schools, you will receive a quality top-notch education no matter which state you call home. If you live in California, but enroll in an online degree program from a college in Florida that is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, rest assured that your college degree will be worth your time and money.

Being able to say that you are enrolled in regionally accredited online schools can give you peace of mind when earning your degree. Your time and your money are being well spent, and you can take your degree to any employer with pride. Regionally accredited online schools are worth just as much as a traditional college university program that is also regionally accredited.

If you should ever have any questions regarding regionally accredited schools, you can always refer to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). They have a fantastic online database that can tell you which schools are regionally accredited and which ones don’t “make the grade”.