University of the People (UoPeople) is accredited
True… but with very limited accreditation! Truth: first of all, University of the People is not regionally accredited in the US. Regional accreditation is a reputable form of American accreditation. For example, it allows you to transfer credits from an institution to others, or to qualify for state licensure. UoPeople's non-regional accreditation — DEAC, previously defunct, and now only valid for online degrees — is pretty bad, which is why all credits will not transfer to most major colleges or universities and in most cases will not qualify you for state licensure.
When institutions of higher education speak of accreditation, they usually mean regional accreditation. In the United States, there are six regional accreditation bodies, each of which accredits schools within its particular geographic region. Accreditation by one of these six regional accreditation agencies means that the school is a quality institution. On a more practical level, regional accreditation means that credits will most likely transfer to other regionally accredited educational institutions. For all intents and purposes, all community colleges, state universities, and quality private universities are regionally accredited. Since shades of gray are being employed, a list of the six regional accreditation agencies is warranted:• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities
Thanks for your interest in our graduate program.
I checked with our graduate admissions office to find out an answer for you. Unfortunately, what I found is Baylor only accepts institutions that are accredited by the following organizations:
· MSA
· NWCCU
· NCA-HLC
· NCA-CASI
· NEASC-CIHE
· NEASC-CTCI
· SACS
· WASC-ACCJC
· WASC-ACSCU
If you have any further question on our admission process, you can contact our graduate admissions office, GraduateAdmissions@baylor.edu.
Best,
Dr. Song
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Eunjee Song, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
Department of Computer Science, Baylor University
One Bear Place #97141, Waco, TX 76798-7141
cs.baylor.edu/~song, Phone: (254) 710-1498
Thank you again for your interest in the Georgia Institute of Technology. One of our staff members has just replied to your ticket "Masters after uopeople".
Their message is below:
Hello Edmund Regel,
Thank you for your inquiry. I will be happy to assist you with your request.
We only recognize degrees from regionally accredited universities. This means a bachelor's degree from UOP does not qualify you to join our graduate programs.
Regards,
Danielle Ramirez
Enrollment Services Specialist
Graduate Studies
Hello Edmund,
Thank you for your interest in graduate study at UC Berkeley. Unfortunately, we do require that all domestic institutions be regionally accredited for an applicant to be eligible for admission to any of our programs.
Best wishes,
Graduate Admissions
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On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Edmund Regel wrote:
Hi, if I get a computer science degree from uopeople https://www.uopeople.edu, can I use it to apply to graduate school in the Berkeley? As i know, uopeople has only DEAC accreditation, but still does not have regional accreditation. Is it true that most graduate programs require a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college? How does this affect admission to graduate school at all? Can i qualify for getting any scholarship? Thank you for your time and patience! Any response will be greatly appreciated!
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Graduate Admissions Office
University of California, Berkeley
318 Sproul Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-5900
gradadm@berkeley.edu
Probably not. Most graduate programs require a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college, and even the ones that don't explicitly say that (although most do) will probably not look favorably upon a BA from University of the People.