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In the United States, most registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards. Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

California Baptist University, College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs: M. Arch. (168 university credits, including 30 graduate credits) 

Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2029

The latest Architecture Program Report (APR) and NAAB Visiting Team Report (VTR) are also available for viewing in the ARCH Office at CBU, Room ARCH101, alongside copies of the latest NAAB Conditions for Accreditation, and Procedures for Accreditation, and all other accreditation-related documentation.

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