ABET
The recognized accreditor of college programs in engineering, computing, and applied science that sets and enforces the quality standard a degree program must meet to be trusted.
Peer societies
Five societies ABET is read alongside.
CAEP
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
The national body that decides which teacher preparation programs meet the bar, and holds the gate on…
10 companies named
COSWE
Council on Social Work Education
The national accreditor and membership council for social work education, setting the standards that define…
3 companies named
ACGME
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
The private body that accredits US residency and fellowship programs, defining the competencies, duty…
CIDA
Council for Interior Design Accreditation
The accreditor of interior design degree programs, setting and reviewing the educational standards that…
39 companies named
CHEA
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
The national body that recognizes the accreditors, the quality assurance layer above America's colleges
1 companies named
Who backs A
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs ABET's peers, but not ABET
Companies named publicly by at least one of ABET's five peer societies, and not found in ABET's reviewed public records.
The outside view
The recognized accreditor of college programs in engineering, computing, and applied science that sets and enforces the quality standard a degree program must meet to be trusted.
- Authority
- Preserve
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Citadel
Led from the center, built to endure.
The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.
Also reads toward The Parliament and The Legacy.
Strengths
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