ABET accredited grad engineering program?

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The discussion highlights the limited number of ABET-accredited graduate engineering programs, with only three in California, specifically mentioning UC Berkeley, Stanford, and USC as notable institutions lacking this accreditation. Participants express confusion over the disparity between undergraduate and graduate program accreditation, suggesting that ABET prioritizes professional engineering programs over master's degrees. Two primary theories emerge: one posits that ABET's focus is on undergraduate accreditation, while the other suggests it enables individuals without an accredited undergraduate degree to obtain an accredited graduate degree.

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I am shocked that there are only a few schools which got their graduate engineering program accredited by ABET.

FYI, I used this website: http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx

For undergraduate programs, there are quite a few schools which have ABET accreditation.
For graduate programs, many schools do not have ABET accreditation.
For example, in California there are only three accredited graduate engineering programs. Schools like UC Berkeley, Stanford, USC don't have their grad engineering programs accredited?

It's mind-boggling... Anyone knows why this is the case?
 
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This has been discussed at my university on a few occasions and there are two schools of thought:

1) ABET is concerned with accrediting professional engineering programs more so than MS programs because an accredited MS doesn't matter as much as ungrad.

2) It allows individuals w/o ABET accredited undergraduate degrees to earn a graduate degree that is ABET accredited.
 

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