Non-Accredited Colleges & Universities List: PA - RU

Pacific Basin University

Texas, Mexico, Micronesia

Degree mill

Pacific Coast University

California

Pacific Southern University

Hawaii

Closed by court order.

Pacific Western University

Hawaii, China; Hong Kong

NOTE: The Hawaii entity formerly using this name changed its name to PacWest International University. Linkages among entities with the same name are unknown.

Pacific Western University

California

Linkages among institutions with the same name operating in Asia are unknown.

Panama Canal University

Panama

PanAmerican University

Monrovia, Liberia

Not an authorized Liberian University.

Paramount University of Technology

Wyoming

Parkwood University

U.S.; Great Britain

Pebble Hills University

Italy (Seborga), Australia (Hutt River Province)

Claims authority to issue degrees from subnational entities in both Italy and Australia. Neither approval is recognized internationally and the entity should be viewed as not a degree-granting institution.

Personal Therapy Institute

Unknown

Pickering University

Hawaii

Closed by court order.

Port Rhode University

Unknown

Prescott College of Business and Leadership Studies

Hawaii

Closed by court order.

Preston University

Wyoming; Pakistan, Dubai

Recently added an operation in the Netherlands called Universiteit Preston Russel Hobbes; this connection apparently disappeared in fall, 2005 but may still exist..

Randford University

Virginia

Randford University

Florida

Not authorized in Florida to award degrees.

Richardson University

Bahamas; Wyoming

Appears to be the new version of Hamilton University.

Robert de Sorbon

France, Switzerland, Maine, Florida and the Comoro Islands

Uses several similar names including "U Francophone" and "Ecole Superior" with the Sorbon name. Degrees issued by this entity are invalid because the entity has no legal authority from any recognized government to issue degrees. Its claim of authority from France is inaccurate and its claim of authority from the Comoro Islands is meaningless. Secured articles of incorporation in the State of Maine, but has not authority to confer degrees.

Run from Florida by Jean Prade. AACRAO has concluded that the entity has no authority to issue degrees. Claims of AACRAO approval made by an organization called AUAP are inaccurate and AACRAO has filed suit against the entity. Swedish government rejects its degrees. Not the same as 'Sorbonne', which refers to three government-recognized universities in Paris.

Robertstown University

Liberia, operated from Washington state, Idaho and Arizona.

Rochelle University

Unknown

Degree mill. Probably related to Rochville University. Not the same as the legitimate College of New Rochelle in New York or University de la Rochelle in France.

Rochville University

Rocklands University

Probably UK but operator may be in US

Romano Byzantine

Minnesota, Virginia

Appears to be reincarnation of former Colorado entity Notre Dame de Lafayette.

Royal Canadian Institute of Technology

British Columbia

Has no legal authority to issue degrees.

Rushmore University

Cayman Is., Georgia USA

The Cayman Islands has no equivalent to US accreditation.

Rutherford University

Wyoming, British Columbia, Switzerland

Formerly labeled Stratford International University. Has no authority to issue degrees.