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Outcomes in Higher Education

A New Accreditor Focused on
Economic Mobility

WHO WE ARE

The Postsecondary Commission is an accreditor for outcomes-focused institutions.

The Postsecondary Commission (PSC) is working to become a federally recognized accreditor of higher education institutions that produce strong economic outcomes for their students. PSC is a nonprofit and is led by a fully independent Board of Commissioners. 

SCOPE

PSC accredits institutions willing to be measured and held accountable for the economic outcomes of their students.

PSC-accredited institutions will be accountable for, and transparent about, their student outcomes, especially the wage gains that students in their programs receive. The characteristics of institutions that PSC will accredit are described further here.

RESEARCH PROGRAM

In parallel to its work as an accreditor, PSC conducts studies of economic outcomes in postsecondary education.

PSC studies postsecondary value-added earnings outcomes to inform decision makers in higher education, including institutions in their internal improvement work, students in their choices about pursuing postsecondary education, and policymakers in their general understanding of outcomes in higher education. Learn more about PSC’s research program.

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