---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 602.11"
title: "34"
number: "602.11"
heading: "Geographic area of accrediting activities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/602.11"
---

# §602.11. Geographic area of accrediting activities.


The agency must demonstrate that it conducts accrediting activities within—

- (a) A State, if the agency is part of a State government;
- (b) A region or group of States chosen by the agency in which an agency provides accreditation to a main campus, a branch campus, or an additional location of an institution. An agency whose geographic area includes a State in which a branch campus or additional location is located is not required to also accredit a main campus in that State. An agency whose geographic area includes a State in which only a branch campus or additional location is located is not required to accept an application for accreditation from other institutions in such State; or
- (c) **The United States.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 58918, Nov. 1, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 56617, Oct. 20, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 58918, Nov. 1, 2019]