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Which credentialing organizations had programs revoked or delisted by the U.S. Department of Education in 2025?

Checked on November 21, 2025
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Executive summary

Available sources in the provided set do not list any U.S. Department of Education (USDE) actions in 2025 that revoked or delisted specific accrediting organizations’ recognition; the materials describe how recognition works and name agencies under periodic review but do not report revocations or delistings in 2025 [1] [2] [3]. Most documents are background on credentialing and accreditor recognition rather than news of specific USDE removal actions [1] [3].

1. What the record in your results actually contains: process, not a 2025 hit list

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and CHEA’s compilations explain which organizations are or have been recognized by CHEA or USDE and note that recognition is a formal process [1]. Similarly, CHEA’s Almanac entry outlines the USDE federal recognition process—staff reviews, recommendations to the Senior Department Official and NACIQI—and stresses that recognition is an oversight mechanism rather than a quality ranking [3]. Those are procedural and contextual references, not reporting of specific 2025 delistings [1] [3].

2. Agencies under review appear in the documents, but review ≠ revocation

One provided item — a Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) advocacy alert — confirms MSCHE was among five agencies undergoing USDE review and solicited public comments for a NACIQI meeting; that is a normal periodic review step and not itself a delisting [2]. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) page notes HLC’s CHEA renewal in January 2025 and reiterates that USDE runs a recognition process with reporting obligations; again, this is procedural and not evidence of USDE revocations in 2025 [4]. The available sources show reviews and renewals — not revocations [4] [2].

3. What isn’t in the provided materials: any named 2025 revocations or delistings

The set of documents supplied focuses on credentialing in healthcare, vendor lists, reports, and general descriptions of accreditor recognition but contains no item—news release, Federal Register notice, or USDE announcement—stating that the Department revoked or delisted any accrediting organization in 2025. Therefore, available sources do not mention any specific accreditor being revoked or delisted by USDE in 2025 (p1_s1; [6]; [7]; [8]; [9][10]4).

4. Where such actions would normally appear and what to look for

Historically, USDE actions altering recognition appear in Federal Register notices or on the Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education pages; the Federal Register also publishes lists and changes to nationally recognized accrediting agencies [5]. The CHEA and USDE recognition charts are useful to compare current lists against past lists if you are tracking a change [1] [3]. If you need confirmation about an alleged 2025 revocation, check the Federal Register and USDE’s official recognition pages directly — those are the primary sources for formal delistings [5] [3].

5. Competing interpretations and caution about inference

Some documents in the set discuss regular five‑year reviews and solicit public comment (MSCHE example), which can be misread as impending punishment; in fact, reviews are routine under USDE procedures [2]. The difference between “under review” and “delisted” is substantive: NACIQI review can lead to continued recognition, conditional recognition, or in rare cases, withdrawal — but the provided sources do not report any withdrawal outcomes for 2025 [2] [3]. Treat alerts about reviews as signals to follow the process, not as proof of finalized Departmental actions [2].

6. Recommended next steps to get a definitive answer

To resolve whether any accreditor lost USDE recognition in 2025, consult the U.S. Department of Education’s official recognition list and recent Federal Register notices (the Federal Register is the statutory publication for such changes) and cross‑check CHEA’s recognition chart for updates [5] [1] [3]. The sources you provided point to those documents as the authoritative places to confirm revocations or delistings [5] [1].

Limitations: this analysis uses only the documents you supplied and therefore cannot confirm actions that those documents do not report; available sources do not mention any specific USDE delistings or revocations in 2025 [1] [2] [3].

Want to dive deeper?
Which specific credentialing organizations had programs revoked or delisted by the U.S. Department of Education in 2025 and on what dates?
What were the reasons or violations cited by the Department of Education for revoking credentialing programs in 2025?
How does the Department of Education's revocation or delisting process for credentialing organizations work?
What impact do 2025 delistings have on students and institutions relying on those credentialing programs?
Are any of the credentialing organizations that were delisted in 2025 appealing the Department of Education's decisions or seeking reinstatement?