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The speed at which you can get a degree can look like a red flag, but you are mistaken about the accreditation. Regional accreditation is actually what you want
by suresk 4y ago
The speed at which you can get a degree can look like a red flag, but you are mistaken about the accreditation. Regional accreditation is actually what you want, not national. Most universities you think of are regionally accredited, whereas the for-profit ones that you can't transfer credit from are nationally accredited. Ie, Stanford = regionally accredited, DeVry = nationally acccredited.
WGU is accredited by NWCCU, which is the same as the University of Utah, University of Washington, etc.. See: https://nwccu.org/member-institutions/directory/ https://nwccu.org/member-institutions/directory/
- sandworm101 4y agoThanks. My knowledge of accreditation is mostly from law schools, for which national v. regional is a huge deal.
- bdavis__ 4y agoHow about the gold standard for engineering and computer science(s), a program accredited by ABET? Is WGU?
- kingaillas 4y agoAt the bottom, the article says they are not ABET accredited.
- suresk 4y agoIt is not, but I didn't think ABET accreditation was a big thing for CS and was more common in engineering? CMU and Stanford, for example, do not have ABET-accredited CS programs, although MIT does.
- bdavis__ 4y agoA lot of CS programs are ABET accredited. CMU and Stanford don't need anyone or any organization to tell the world they do a good job educating CS students. Not so clear if the CS dept is at the Small Town Liberal Arts College and Seminary. But the other 4,999 schools CS programs, like the one being discussed at WGU, the source of the accreditation is a valuable signal.