New MPH

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As a brand new program, it will not be CEPH accredited. CEPH notes in its Accreditation Procedures that "The time from the beginning of the applicant period to an accreditation decision will vary but typically takes approximately three years." I have also watched at least one impressive MPH program take years longer than I would have expected to attain CEPH accreditation.

Full disclosure, I'm not taking this program so feel free to glance over this and ignore. However, your comment stuck in my head yesterday and I haven't been able to shake it. 

Is this statement taken to mean that those taking this course will not receive CEPH accreditation at all in the first three years, or that it will be retroactive with CEPH assuming they get the accreditation (taking the risk of taking the degree without CEPH)? I assume it's the latter, but either way seems wild to me. What would happen if the course didn't get CEPH accreditation without program changes?