In 1986 the college attained full accreditation with The Association for Biblical Higher Education.
As head of the Academic Department, Chase was instrumental in attaining accreditation from the University of California during the Ryder administration.
To that end, Fick undertook a long-term effort at attaining accreditation.
The school attained full accreditation from the American Library Association (it has never lost its accreditation) in 1966 and the first PhD students were in 1967.
Some degree programs such as engineering require a minimum amount of industry experience (usually 12 weeks) to attain professional accreditation with industry bodies such as Engineers Australia.
They helped to rebuild it, doubling its class size and helping it attain international accreditation.
Before attaining full accreditation in 2012, it had approval to operate from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia as an non-accredited university.
Through a five-step accreditation process, labs will be able to gradually receive credit for improvement - and eventually attain accreditation.
All these pupils were able to enter college without examinations, as the Bateman School had attained complete accreditation from the Office of Public Instruction at Springfield.
This affiliation ended in 2006 as IWP attained independent and full accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.