Why Accredited Programs?

AEHAP promotes National Environmental Health Sciences and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) accredited environmental health degree programs in response to a national environmental health workforce shortage. Accreditation is important to ensure a well-prepared workforce. Accreditation indicates an academic program has been found to have the curriculum, faculty, facilities, and institutional support necessary to provide quality environmental health education.

Additionally, it is even a requirement for some federal jobs. For example, only students from accredited programs are eligible to participate in the Commission Officer Student Extern Training Program (COSTEP) of the U. S. Public Health Service. Graduation from an accredited program is also a requirement to enter the US Public Health Service. These federal jobs offer excellent benefits and exciting opportunities for students that are offered exclusively to graduates of EHAC accredited environmental health degree programs. Many states recognize graduation from an accredited program as attaining a specific standard needed to become a registered environmental health specialists or sanitarian. Read More