Peirce is authorized to award degrees by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
All inquiries concerning the accreditation of Peirce can be directed to Rita Toliver-Roberts, Vice-President, Academic Affairs & Provost at rjtoliver@peirce.edu.
The American Bar Association (ABA) approves Peirce’s certificate, associate and bachelor’s programs in Paralegal Studies.
The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) accredits the Peirce’s Associate and Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration. ACBSP accreditation does not pertain to the Human Resource Management or the Organizational Leadership & Management program.
The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) accredits Peirce’s Associate in Science degree in Health Information Technology (HIT) and the Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information Administration (HIA).
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) confirms that Peirce’s Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management degree program fully aligns with the SHRM HR curriculum guidelines.
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) is an agreement among member states, districts and territories in the United States, which establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to simplify the process of taking online courses for credit offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a national council (NC-SARA) and administered by four regional education compacts.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) approved the Peirce’s application to participate in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) on December 12, 2016. NC-SARA has confirmed Peirce as an institutional participant since January 2017.
Please visit the NC-SARA website for current information, including a directory of participating institutions.
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This page was last updated in June 2025.
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