Is Columbia Evangelical Seminary a legitimate school?

Answer 1

The answer to this question is often muddied by former alumni and staff. But the answer at the end of the day is yes, by all all academic standards this school is substandard and lacks any form of legitimate accreditation. They will often use the excuse of the age of the school as why its not accredited but many years have passed and it still has not attended accreditation. Also the leading expert on degree mills in American Dr. Steve Levicoff ( board member of CHEA, Tenured Professor)has this to say about the school.

"For what it's worth, my opinion of CES is unchanged - it's a mill. It may be a sincere mill, but it's still a mill.

CES has quite a list of faculty or mentors (whatever they're called these days), but a key question that is not addressed on their website is how many students they have. When last I heard, they had under 20 students with a similar faculty list - the reverse of most schools in which the students are greatly outnumbered by the faculty.

I note that CES continues to be a personality-driven school, and the one and only key person is Rick Walston. As I've said in the past, I don't question his sincerity (I'm not one to judge that), but I do question his credibility.

Is CES a credible school? IMO, nope. Never was, and still isn't. Anything can look good on paper, or on a web site, but this one doesn't cut it under closer scrutiny."

If this school meets normal educational requirements that one would reasonable expect to find at a accredited school, why then would one put forth all the work needed to earn this degree and simply not attend a proper education?