Accreditation & Approvals

 

Accreditations

For students and their parents, accreditation is your assurance that our school

meets a high quality of accepted academic standards.

 

Ridley-Lowell Business and Technical Institute is accredited to award certificates and diplomas by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), 750 First Street NE, Suite 980, Washington, DC 20002-4241, (202) 336-6780. ACICS is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. To learn more about the benefits of selecting an ACICS-accredited school, please visit http://www.acics.org/students/.

 

The Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute Medical Assistant programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), on recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).CAAHEP can be contacted at: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350 or visit them on the Web at http://www.caahep.org/. CAAHEP is the largest programmatic accreditation organization in the health sciences field and reviews and accredits over 2000 educational programs in 20 health science occupations. CAAHEP is also recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

 

The American Association of Medical Assistants offers the Certified Medical Assistant credential to our Medical Assisting students who have achieved this certification. This is the only medical assisting organization granted Official Observer Status to the American Medical Association's House of Delegates. The National Board of Medical Examiners – responsible for many national examinations for physicians – serves as test consultant for the CMA (AAMA) Certification/Recertification Examination. As a result, the reliability and validity of the CMA (AAMA) credential is of the highest order. The American Association of Medical Assistants can be contacted at 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1575, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 899-1500 or you may visit them on the Web at http://www.aama-ntl.org/.

 

Approvals

 

Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute’s New London & Danbury, Connecticut, campuses are approved by the Connecticut State Department of Higher Education. For more information, please visit their web site at http://www.ctdhe.org/.

 

 

Ridley Lowell Business & Technical Institute’s Binghamton, New York, and Poughkeepsie, New York, campuses are registered and licensed as private schools with the New York State Education Department. For more information, visit their web site at www.highered.nysed.gov/bpss.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                         

Our programs* are approved for the training of veterans and other eligible persons by the State Approving Agency of New York and Connecticut (excluding Danbury campus). For more information please visit http://www.gibill.va.gov/.

 

 

*Note: Applications are currently pending with the State Approving Agency of New York for the Criminal Justice program.

"I have learned a lot while attending R-L, not just textbook knowledge but how things really work in the world. Ridley gave me skills and confidence in myself. The staff and teachers are extremely supportive and understanding. They have become like family. I enjoyed my experience at Ridley-Lowell and would encourage others to attend school here."

– Theresa G.

Managerial Accounting Graduate