National vs Regional Accreditation, Selecting the Right College or University- Video

[Dr John]

Interesting video, it was produced by Nightingale College, a Nationally Accredited school. The video has a specific slant towards making it sound as if nationally accredited degrees are considered the same and equal of regionally accredited degrees. Most national schools want to say that "some" regional accredited school will only accept credits from other regionally accredited schools. It's more along the lines that very few regionally accredited schools will accept credits from NA schools.

The video is otherwise spot on when it talks about institutional vs programmatic accreditation. Personally, I believe that at the Associates level or the bachelors level that you should probably only consider a regionally accredited school. I think the differences can become a bit more muddied at the Masters and doctoral level, unless you are aiming to teach at any local universities, in which case you should only consider a regionally accredited school. In my case, I am going to go for a regionally accredited masters, but I may consider a nationally accredited school for a doctoral degree if the price is right. I'm not after a doctoral degree for specific employment, only for personal growth and satisfaction.