University of Metaphysical Sciences Accreditation

University of Metaphysical Sciences is accredited by the AAMA (American Association of Medical Alternatives) and the AADP (American Association of Drugless Practitioners). University of Metaphysical Sciences has met all criteria of the AADP and the AAMA. Upon evaluation, UMS was granted accreditation by both agencies on their list of accredited metaphysical schools.

Religious degrees are not secular degrees requiring traditional accreditation. There is no federally recognized accrediting agency in the USA for metaphysical degrees or metaphysical schools because they are religious exempt schools that are not required to have accreditation for religious degrees. This means you will not be able to use a federal student loan to attend a religious school or transfer classes to secular academic schools, and probably not even other religious schools. Religious education is very unique to each school.

However, religious schools and religious degrees like metaphysics degrees can be accredited by private accrediting agencies which compare religious schools to other religious schools. UMS is accredited by the AAMA and the AADP. Religious degrees are legal, valid and recognized in the spiritual genres they are meant for, and students can legally use their religious degrees in spiritual markets.

The AAMA & The AADP

The AAMA and the AADP are the largest accrediting agencies comparing religious exempt spiritual schools and organizations in the metaphysical and healing genres. These are the most prominent and oldest accreditation agencies that have a list of accredited metaphysical schools. Both have existed since the year 2000. UMS became accredited by them in 2005

If the school you are looking at attending is not on their list of accredited metaphysical schools, you may want to look deeper into that school’s accreditation to see if it is real or not. We are going to be honest with you. There are some accreditation scams that have just started recently in 2025 where schools use their own 501(c)3 parent company or “sister” organization in order to pretend to accredit themselves. We have more about that below if you want to know the details about looking into a school’s accreditation and what to ask. (See below)

Accreditation is all about comparing similar types of schools and programs. The AAMA and the AADP are the largest grouping of peers for religious, spiritual and metaphysical schools.

Religious Degrees Are Legal, Valid, and Recognized In Spiritual Markets

Religious degrees are not secular degrees like those you would earn from regular colleges. Religious degrees are legal, valid and recognized but are not on a list of accredited metaphysical schools by a US Department of Education recognized accrediting agency so federal or military loans from the USA are not able to be used for religious degrees. UMS is not a Title IV schools which is required for using student loans. Religious degrees are exempt from being required to have secular (non religious) accreditation.

What is Accreditation?

Secular School Accreditation

To ensure a basic level of quality and transfers of credits, the practice of accreditation arose in the United States as a means of conducting non-governmental peer evaluation of secular educational institutions and programs. Secular (non religious) accreditation is to make sure that classes like math, science, English and other applicable classes are equal to each other and transferable if a student transfers to another secular college.

Often a student will take the first two years of basic math, science and English classes at a community college in order to save money, but will then want to switch to a more prestigious university afterwards to gain their higher degrees. Accreditation makes this possible for their credits to be transferable between secular and traditional universities.

Secular accreditation is also important for schools that wish to take federal student loans. They become a Title IV school once their secular classes are accredited, which means their math or science class is equal to all other Title IV math or science classes. This is what makes them transferable.

Religious Exempt School Accreditation

Religious exempt schools are different. They are unique and don’t have “across the board” similar classes since spiritual teachings vary greatly between religious institutions. Secular accreditation does not apply to religious exempt schools since they do not teach math, science, and other secular types of courses that would be transferable to traditional universities.

There are accrediting agencies that compare and approve religious and spiritual schools, like the AADP and the AAMA. University of Metaphysical Sciences is a religious exempt school on their list of accredited metaphysical schools.

Being accredited as a religious exempt school shows that the school has met a standard level of professionalism and course integrity, even though it is unlikely any class credits from one religious school would be transferable to another religious school since all religious programs and curriculums are unique and different from each other.

Are Metaphysical Degrees Accredited? 

There are accrediting agencies for both secular degrees and religious exempt degrees. In secular traditional schools the equivalent to a metaphysical degree would be a philosophy degree. If you want to be a college professor teaching religious studies, a secular philosophy degree is what you will want to earn. Metaphysical degrees are used in spiritual self help markets rather than secular markets like teaching religion at a secular university.

If you want to work in the self help market offering your own unique spiritual guidance to the world, an accredited religious metaphysical degree will bring credibility to your work. It shows that you took the time to study and become a master of your spiritual trade. Religious exempt schools are the only ones that offer metaphysical degrees specifically.

It depends on what you want to do with your metaphysical degree as to whether you would want to earn an accredited secular philosophy degree or a religious exempt accredited metaphysical degree. Do you want to be a college professor at a secular university teaching religious studies. If so a religious degree will not work for you. You must go to a secular traditional college or work in the self help industry, which is wide open to all kinds of offerings? If you want to be a spiritual teacher, counselor, or self help motivator, a religious accredited metaphysical degree will be fine.

Religious degrees are as legal, valid and recognized just like secular degrees as long as they are used in the markets they are meant to be used in.

So yes, both religious metaphysical degrees and secular philosophy degees can be accredited. Which you want to earn depends on what you want to do after you have earned it.

We hope this helps you understand accreditation and how accreditation works for secular schools and religious schools.

Is Accreditation Required For A Religious Metaphysical Degree?

Accreditation is optional for all colleges and universities, secular and religious alike. Secular schools benefit from accreditation so their math, science, English and other applicable classes are transferable to other secular colleges. This makes those schools more desirable by students who plan to take their basic 2 year AA degree courses at a less expensive community college, for instance, but want to transfer to a more prestigious college later to gain their higher degrees.

Spiritual schools don’t actually need or benefit from accreditation because it is unlikely that any metaphysical university or spiritual school will accept credit transfers from another metaphysical or spiritual school. The reason for this is because religious school curriculums differ greatly. A student starting in the middle of their program would miss the foundation of the spiritual teachings needed for the rest of the courses, so most religious exempt schools will require students to start at the beginning of the program.

UMS has opted to be accredited because it is setting industry standards in the metaphysical degree market. It has by far the most in-depth and professional course curriculum of any metaphysical university. The metaphysical degree market is still a new emergieng field and UMS is proud to be setting the bar high for metaphysical schools! Accreditation is natural for one of the best metaphysical universities in the market like UMS!

Does UMS Accept Transfers of Credits From Other Metaphysical Universities?

University of Metaphysical Sciences does not accept transfers of classes from other metaphysical schools, even if they are accredited by a metaphysical or spiritual accrediting agency. This is because our curriculum is very specified, unique, and more in depth than other metaphysical schools.

No other metaphysical college offers classes equal to our own so we cannot accept substitutions for our classes. University of Metaphysical Sciences courses are more in-depth, more researched, more objective, and all inclusive than any other metaphysical school we are aware of.

All our graduates are equal to each other because UMS doesn’t accept transfers from lesser schools that may have less educational quality.. Our graduates all have the same high quality education we offer from beginning to finish.

We feel it is important that all our graduates have the same education since University of Metaphysical Sciences is one of the most in-depth metaphysical educations a person can get. No other metaphysical university has met the same standards as University of Metaphysical Sciences. University of Metaphysical Sciences has set the bar high.

Our graduates are exceptional people who really know what they are doing by the time the graduate from UMS! University of Metaphysical Sciences truly does bring professionalism to the metaphysical market in a way no other school does.

What Can I Do With A PhD in Metaphysics?

Graduates use their metaphysical degrees to bring credibility to their spiritual work in the world. The work graduates do with their religious degrees is quite varied, but here is a list of careers one can pursue with an accredited metaphysics degree:

• Self Help Writer & Guide
• Spiritual Counselor
• Spiritual Course Creator
• Weddings (If Also Ordained by Church Running Metaphysical School, Our Graduates Are Ordained)
• Workshop Leader
• Spiritual Center & Retreat Owner
• Inspirational Speaker & Motivator
• Meditation Teacher
• Spiritual Teacher
• Minister, Pastor or Reverend
• …Any Many Other Spiritual Offerings – You’re Unique

Is the University of Metaphysical Sciences Accredited?

Yes. University of Metaphysical Sciences is accredited by the AAMA and the AADP, the largest accrediting agencies comparing a grouping of peers of religious exempt metaphysical schools and organizations in the healing arts and religious sectors.

Is the University of Metaphysical Sciences Legitimate?

Yes. Religious degrees are legal, valid and recognized. University of Metaphysical Sciences is registered with the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as a religious exempt school offering religious degrees.

A Word Of Caution About Schools Accrediting Themselves

Again, research accreditation thoroughly of any metaphysical school you are thinking of attending. Some metaphysical schools are accrediting themselves and only themselves with their own parent 501(c)3 organization or fake accrediting websites. If a school tells you they are accredited by an agency other than the AAMA or the AADP, ask them if it is just their own 501(c)3 organization and if it accredits other schools besides their own.

If there are no other schools accredited by that organization except their own schools, this is not a grouping of their peers or honest accreditation of a spiritual or metaphysical school. Make sure a school is being compared to a large grouping of peers for honest accreditation. If it is accrediting itself with the name of its own parent 501(c)3 organization, this is not accreditation.