Accreditation is found only in the United States of America, as all other countries regulate colleges and universities through government approval. In the United States, accreditation is a voluntary process governed by independent accrediting agencies that are either recognized by the federal government or not. The license to operate a college or university is regulated by the state government and is not considered accreditation. Each state has different guidelines concerning universities, seminaries, and Bible colleges.

Accreditation is basically an organized way of determining the acceptance of credits or degrees from any particular institution. There are six private corporations, referred to as agencies, that provide accreditation for universities within certain regions of the country. These agencies are recognized by the federal government and all colleges accredited by them are listed in a publication produced by the Department of Education.

Many excellent colleges and universities have chosen to become regionally accredited, while others of equal standing and reputation have chosen, for Biblical or theological reasons, to remain non-regionally accredited. Doxa Bible Institute and Seminary partners with Independent Baptist College whose faculty and teachers are respected all over the USA and beyond for their academic excellence and their ministerial experience. Although the acceptance of credits to a school from another school is at the discretion of that school only, a great number of Bible Schools and seminaries, upon looking at our curriculum and our teachers have many reasons to accept our students’  transfer of credits.

Obtaining a regionally or professionally accredited degree is not important to most of the ministers or students who apply to  Doxa Bible Institute and Seminary since they are in church-related occupations.