Accreditation fees

Accreditation

Accreditation fees

CCEA determines its accreditation fees primarily on a cost recovery basis and abides by a set of core principles that ensures end users of CCEA services obtain value-for-money. These principles include:

a commitment to transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness.
regular analysis of the actual costs to deliver core business activities defined in the Accreditation Fees policy.
recognition of the scope and bounds of CCEA’s other relevant funding agreements.
stakeholder consultation when setting or amending fees.

New program accreditation fees

    
            Fee type
          Category
          Upfront fee (AUD$)
          Annual fee (AUD$)
          Notes
        
            Accreditation application
          Single campus
          $41,200
          -
          
            Payable upon submission of initial application for accreditation. This is an upfront and one-off fee. 
At the point of the first accreditation decision, the new program annual accreditation fees will apply.

        Additional campus
        $7,730 per campus
        -
      
            Annual accreditation fee
          Single campus
          -
          $19,230
          
            Applies to new programs maintaining accreditation status

        Additional campus
        -
        $3,270 per campus

Existing program accreditation fees

The following accreditation fees apply to education providers who maintain accreditation with CCEA.

    
            Fee type
          Category
          Upfront fee (AUD$)
          Annual fee (AUD$)
          Notes
        
            Annual accreditation fee
          Single campus
          -
          $12,770
          
            Applies to existing programs maintaining accreditation status.

        Additional campus
        -
        $2,370 per campus

Fee terms and conditions

The following terms and conditions are applicable to all education providers applying for accreditation with CCEA.

Fees are effective as of 1 July 2023.
Fees are GST exclusive. GST applies to Australian programs only.
Fees are not refundable or transferrable.
Fees are subject to change at the discretion of the CCEA and will be reviewed periodically.
Fee disputes are subject to consideration by the CCEA.
Annual accreditation fees will be invoiced in November of each calendar year.
CCEA reserves the right to determine a fee, either project-based or business-as-usual, that may not fall within the scope of fees specified in the tables above. Such services may include:

initial accreditation not achieved according to the staged accreditation process.
an extension to accreditation.
consideration of a material change to a program.
investigation of a program complaint.