When it comes to selecting a college or university for an education in business administration, no criterion is more important than the institution's accreditation. It overshadows tuition cost, school location, campus life, size of the library, student-faculty ratio and a myriad of other factors.
Simply stated, an unaccredited school is nothing more than a diploma mill. You will be wasting your time and money by attending such an institution. Further, you will be perpetrating a fraud on your employer, your associates and your friends if you obtain a degree from an unaccredited school and then pretend it is legitimate.
Accreditation is a two-step affair. First, the instution must have an "overall" accreditation by one of the six recognized accrediting associations in the United States. Second, the specific academic program must be professionally accredited. One without the other is insufficient.
