In the United States, accreditation is used to assure quality in schools or educational institutions and programs. It should be noted that accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental process of review and evaluation. The accreditation process requires an educational institution or program to meet certain, defined standards or criteria as set forth by the accrediting body. These standards change from State to State, and from region to region. These standards also change with time. In fact, thankfully and partly because of our country's heritage and Constitution (re: "freedom of choice") there are no two Universities that have the same structure, philosophies, teaching modalities or evaluation criteria. This can act to give or permit a certain degree of freedom.
University of Berkley and its graduates or degree holders experience a universally high acceptance rate.
Without doubt, many of our students/graduates are among the highest caliber, most intelligent, talented, best-educated and most effective individuals you will find anywhere. They, and their UofB degrees, are equal to their counterparts from traditional schools anywhere in the world.
The University of Berkley is not accredited by one of the seven regional accrediting agencies recognized by the United States Department of Education. The University is not accredited by any accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department or Secretary of Education.
It should be noted for the record that MANY educators, teachers and professors as well as School District Administrators (both in the private and public sectors) have their degrees from the University of Berkley. Please see: http://uofb.com/alumni.html for a more inclusive list of alumni, including prestigious world famous schools, businesses, diplomats, dignitaries, domestic and foreign governments. University of Berkley can even count an American President among its impressive roster of degree holders. Increasingly we are seeing a changing attitude of public opinion in favor of quality non-traditional distance and online education.
Our programs are not designed to meet, any specific local, state, territorial, regional, or national licensing or credentialing laws. Further, being non-traditional in nature, our programs are not designed to meet a particular requirement established by any private association, or "traditional" licensing or other accrediting organization.
Although our graduates do quite well in the job market and with acceptance
by other schools, the
University of Berkley makes no promises, representations, nor guarantees
of employment or acceptability of transfer credits to any public or private
educational institution. If you are seeking a University of Berkley degree
for a specific licensing, employment or additional educational purpose,
we advise you to first check with the association, governmental agency,
employer, or specific educational institution to determine the acceptability.
