Anyone heard anything about this college?

[nboy22]

Been looking at some colleges, I've already had a phone interview with a guy from The Art Institute of Phoenix and it sounds like a pretty nice school, but UAT is a lot more focused on what I want to do. My aunt has been saying she's hearing a lot of stuff about UAT how it's one of the best schools for 3D design/animation, which is what I'm looking to do. I'm just wondering if anyone has heard anything about this college and if so, what?

 

[DVK916]

Any school in Arizona that isn't WASC accredited has a worthless degree.

 

[nboy22]

so what's the WASC?

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: nboy22
so what's the WASC?

WASC is a regional accreditor. You might find what I posted in the Full Sail thread useful.

I can not speak for the quality of education there or the job prospects. However, you should know that they are nationally accredited, as opposed to regionally accredited.

Now, both forms of accreditation are legally* equal, but in practice you're going to find regional accreditation to be far superior. Any traditional college or university (read: with a campus and not for-profit) is going to be regionally accredited.

The vast majority of such regionally accredited schools will not accept a nationally accredited degree as valid. The ones that will can be counted in the low hundreds. You can sometimes override these policies by doing such things as receiving a special exception from the dean. But overall, if you go on to get a Masters, your options will be very limited.

* Some professional licenses, such as the CPA, still discriminate against national accreditation even though both types are equal to the federal government.