Yes, you can open a college/university without being accredited, but you might find it's not such a good idea. Direct subsidies will be out. Most kinds of stude

Yes, you can open a college/university without being accredited, but you might find it's not such a good idea. Direct subsidies will be out. Most kinds of student loans and other aid will be out. You're going to have a bit of trouble attracting faculty or students, except those who are desperate. And if your students are demonstrably not getting any benefit from attending you'll be shut down as a fraud. People really lost patience with that crap after Corinthian, Capella, etc. so there are a lot of new limits and regulations. Basically the only non-accredited colleges that can make a go of it are those that have some other kind of rich sponsor - most often a religious one.