Nationally Accreddited, Regionally Accreddited, and Employment.

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RA vs NA can matter for immigration/moving to another country, in some cases.

Absolutely! In Germany, Anabin won't evaluate any degree that is not RA. So a degree that is NA wouldn't be considered a "real" degree for the purposes of immigration. I think the US is the same way.

Meanwhile, a relative of mine who's a teacher was told he had to get a master's to get tenure. They didn't care where it was from or what it was in, it just had to be a master's. This was back in the mid-'00s, when the diploma mills were thriving. So he ended up getting it at Ashford, which at the time was, well... PEAK ASHFORD. They didn't care. He got his raise and his tenure, even though the degree wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. And he still lords it over the rest of us that he has a master's.