The College of Emergency Services (CES) is institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau for Health Education Schools (ABHES), an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The College of Emergency Services Paramedic Programs are programmatically accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). The College of Emergency Services is approved by the state of Oregon by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) through the Office of Degree Authorization (ODA) to confer Associate of Applied Science (AAS) academic degree, or for students not requuiring an academic degree, a Paramedic Certificate.