Regional Accreditation (RA) in the US is optional, Harvard and Yale are not RA like many other private universities. The main reason universities choose RA is to get loans from Stanford, Pella grants, etc. Westbrook, like many other universities, chooses not to be part of the federal fund and for good reason.

Westbrook got to part 4 of 7 with the RA to find out that they wanted our tuition to be in the hundreds of dollars per credit hour, which is not the purpose of Westbrook's mission of "Affordable Education." This does not take away from the rigor or quality of the education.

Westbrook follows the mandates of the U.S. Department of Education and exceeds them. Being a distance/online education, they are more strict with Westbrook than an on-site university.

Westbrook must maintain a functioning library with over 7000 volumes, maintain records in print for 50 years, and the facility must exceed standards for the development of its teachers and faculty every 2 years, while other schools only have to report every 5 years.

Westbrook is on par with any university in core curriculum, rigor, quality, and proficiency.

WESTBROOK UNIVERSITY (USA)