Would you ever recommend a NA degree?

[bjcheung77]

The national accreditors get their name from their common (but not universal) practice of accrediting schools nationwide or even worldwide.

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) (recognized by USDE)
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) (recognized by USDE)
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) (Note: This accreditor's recognition by the United States Department of Education is revoked.[76] The Council for Higher Education Accreditation still recognizes this accreditor.)
Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) (recognized by USDE and CHEA)
Council on Occupational Education (COE) (recognized by USDE)

There are four recognized nationwide faith-based accrediting bodies in the United States, all also recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS)
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) Commission on Accrediting
Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) Commission on Accreditation
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) Accreditation Commission

There are only a handful of NA schools that are actually cheaper than the cheapest RA schools or competency based schools, and all of them are from DEAC. A few of the better ones for cheap/easy/fast - Ashworth, New Charter, Penn Foster, Taft, UofPeople and WLC (William Loveland College - yes, the one with the lawsuit against DEAC).

I would only recommend NA schools for programs that may not be available elsewhere for cheap - such as the Taft Law School for CA residents, another is Grantham University which is also NA, but I would recommend them for their ABET recognized Engineering programs. I would not mind going to a DEAC school that has secondary programmatic/system accreditation as well...