It accredits over 900 schools and universities in nineteen states. The University of Toledo has been accredited by NCA since 1922. Accreditation provides assurance to the public, in particular to perspective students, that an institution has been found to meet the agency's clearly stated requirements and criteria and that there are reasonable grounds for believing that it will continue to meet them. Accreditation is achieved after the institution conducts an extensive, critical self-study and is examined by outside experienced evaluators. Perhaps most importantly, the process of accreditation provides an opportunity for critical self-analysis leading to improvement in quality and for consultation and advice from persons from other institutions.
Accreditation is normally a ten year review of an institution.
UT was last evaluated by NCA in the 1991-1992 academic year. We are scheduled to be reviewed again in April of 2002.