The Council on Occupational Education (COE) is a national
accrediting agency of higher education institutions recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department ...
.
COE was created in 1971 as part of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The COE became independent in 1995.
The Council on Occupational Education currently accredits non-degree-granting and applied associate degree-granting
post-secondary
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
career and technical education institutions.
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School accreditors
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