Good question, and actually, a pretty rare one. A lot of students just push on, based on the ads or word of mouth about the schools they are interested in, so it is good to see folks thinking ahead like this.
First, a small reminder: regional accreditation is binary, meaning you either have it or you don't. There are not degrees of regional accreditation, but there are degrees of quality. This means that in order to find a great school for you (as opposed to one that simply meets basic standards) you must look beyond accreditation to other indications of quality.
Second, if a school is new, it might be in the accreditation process, and not yet be accredited. To be frank, students who attend at this stage are gambling with their degrees.
Second, if a school is new, it might be in the accreditation process, and not yet be accredited. To be frank, students who attend at this stage are gambling with their degrees.
Third, the U. S. Department of Education doesn’t accredit schools or individual programs, but they do keep lists of the agencies which do accredit programs. You can find more on this at the ed.gov website.
As part of that list, they provide a searchable database. Just type in the name of the institution, and you’ll be told which agency or agencies accredits it.
If you want to review information on a number of schools at once, visit this portion of the site.
That should get you started.
