John Ware

Melissa,

Both national and regional accreditors are recognized by the US Department of Education for determining a school's eligibility to participate in federal student loan programs. The US Dept. of Ed. does not recoginize any type of accreditiation as being "better" than another type. As a general matter, national accreditors are more likely to approve smaller career colleges and schools and regional accreditors are more likely to approve larger colleges and universites (including pubilc and private).

John Ware

Melissa Lueders

I am also somewhat curious about this. My boss had told me that there is no diference. The two are seperate from one another simply due to the accrediting body being a regional one or national one. One is not better than the other.