Claim: The United States has the most number of institutions with accredited programs
Evidence: Accreditation is a third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection and testing). There are many internationally-recognized accreditation bodies approved by the IAF and ILAC. Accreditation processes are used in a wide variety of fields: An accredited or sophisticated investor is an investor with a special status under financial regulation laws. The Accreditation in Public Relations (APR), Accreditation in Public Relations and Military Communications (APR+M), and Certificate in Principles of Public Relations are voluntary certifications in the USA for persons working in the field of public relations (PR) and, in the case of the APR+M, military public affairs. An accredited registrar, also called an accredited certification body (CB), is an organization accredited by a recognized accrediting body for its competence to audit and issue certification confirming that an organization meets the requirements of a standard (e.g. ISO 9001 or ISO 14001). Construction Educational accreditation is a quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated and verified by an external body to determine if applicable and recognized standards are met. The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) is a United States non-profit health care accrediting organization. Information assurance (IA) is the practice of assuring information and managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information. Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (known as NAATI) is the national standards and accreditation body for translators and interpreters in Australia. Many accreditation bodies, such as the UKAS, EIAC, EGAC, PNAC, IAS, operate according to processes developed by the ISO as specified in ISO/IEC 17011.