CCEI is Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council. The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

CCEI is approved by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to award IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

CCEI is authorized under the Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990, license number 837.