Note: Faith Bible College (VA) will be hosting a comprehensive accreditation visit by a team of evaluators from the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) April 9-11, 2024 to determine its compliance with the standards for accreditation. During the visit, representatives of the ABHE team will entertain comments from the public. Any members of the public interested in making a presentation regarding the College to the team should contact the College at the following telephone number (phone number) or email address (email address) to determine a meeting time. Persons wishing to submit third party comments related to the institution may send them through the electronic form at https://abhe.formstack.com/forms/3rd_party_comment, or email coa@abhe.org, or mail ABHE Commission on Accreditation, 5850 T.G. Lee Blvd., Suite 130, Orlando, FL 32822. Persons interested in reviewing the standards for accreditation will find them on the ABHE website at abhe.org. They appear under Accreditation/Accreditation Documents/COA Manual. The institution is subject to the Institutional Accreditation Standards.
Accreditation
Faith Bible College is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation (5850 T.G. Lee Blvd., Suite 130, Orlando, FL 32822, 407.207.0808) to grant certificates and degrees at the Associate and Baccalaureate levels.
Faith Bible College was granted its Affiliate status with ABHE in October 2011, Applicant status in February 2012, Candidate status in February 2016, and Accreditation status in February 2020.
About the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE)
According to ABHE's COA Manual (2022):
ABHE’s mission is to advance quality in biblical higher education for Kingdom impact. The purpose of ABHE’s Commission on Accreditation is to assure quality and integrity among biblical higher education institutions through accreditation services empowered by peer review. ABHE membership is voluntary, and accreditation by the COA is limited to institutions that demonstrate substantial compliance with the COA Standards for Accreditation.
The ABHE Commission on Accreditation Is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a national, specialized institutional accrediting agency. ABHE recognition by the U.S. Department of Education has been continuous since 1952, when the federal government first began recognizing accrediting agencies. The agency’s scope of recognition (i.e., for the purpose of participation in U.S. Higher Education Act financial aid programs) includes the accreditation and pre‐accreditation (“Candidate Status”) of institutions of biblical higher education offering undergraduate certificates, associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees, graduate certificates, and master’s degrees, including the accreditation of educational programs offered via distance education and direct assessment.
The ABHE Commission on Accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as a national, faith-relate accreditation agency. ABHE is one of only four recognized national, faith-related accrediting agencies... ABHE's scope of recognition under CHEA extends to institutions and programs in the United States, Canada, and related territories that offer certificate, diplomas, associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees aimed at preparing students for Christian ministries through Biblical, church-vocational, and general studies.