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Accrediting Organizations in Specific Subjects

  • Law
    The American Bar Association (    ABA) section on legal education and The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) both evaluate law schools.
  • Medicine
    The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (    LCME) is a joint project of
  1. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and
  1. the American Medical Association, Council on Medical Education (AMA-CME)

Meteorology / Atmospheric Science
The  American Meteorological Society (AMS) has issued a policy statement that describes the minimum curriculum and faculty for a bachelor's degree in meteorology. The AMS also certifies individual people as competent in meteorology.


Note that some of these standards are set by a nonprofit professional society that is concerned with the subject matter (e.g., ACS, ABA, AMS). Other standards are set by associations of medical schools or law schools.

There are many other examples of accreditation for a specific department; I list some of the above examples only because I am familiar with them from my background in science and engineering. Further, the examples in law and medicine are important because state governments require that a person who is licensed to practice law or medicine must have graduated from an accredited school, amongst other requirements.