AEE Accredited Programs

Browse the current roster of Accredited Programs by category. Programs are listed alphabetically within each category, with the date of initial accreditation provided. 

Jump to:

• Wilderness / Adventure Programs
• University & College Programs
• K-12 Programs
• Therapeutic Programs
• Corporate Team Building & Training 
• Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Programs 

Or See The Accredited Program Directory and Map Here

Wilderness / Adventure Programs 

Boojum Institute For Experiential Education: Temecula, CA / Accredited Since 2006   

Deer Hill Expeditions: Mancos, CO / Accredited Since 2001

Kroka Expeditions: Marlow, NH / Accredited Since 2013

National Outdoor Leadership School: Lander, WY / Accredited Since 1995 

Nature's Classroom: Mentone, AL / Accredited Since 2006 

National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education: Wilmington, NC / Accredited Since 2015

Onward and Upward: Palmer, AK / Accredited Since 2017   

Outward Bound Hong Kong: Sai Kung, Hong Kong / Accredited Since 2011

Outward Bound Vietnam: Hanoi, Vietnam / Accredited Since 2023

Pali Institute: Running Springs, CA / Accredited Since 2007   

Pathfinder Outdoor Education Inc.: Saint Petersburg, FL / Accredited Since 1998 

Philadelphia Outward Bound School: Philadelphia, PA / Accredited Since 2017

Princeton-Blairstown Center: Princeton, NJ / Accredited Since 2019   

The Mountain Center: Santa Fe, NM / Accredited Since 2000    

Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries: Laramie, WY / Accredited Since 2006

University & College Programs

Brown University - Outdoor Leadership Training: Providence, RI / Accredited Since 1998 

California State University, NorthRidge-  Recreation and Tourism Management: Northridge, CA / Accredited Since 2018 

Greenfield Community College -Outdoor Leadership Program: Greenfield, MA / Accredited Since 1998    

Harvard University - First-year Outdoor Program: Cambridge, MA / Accredited Since 2000

Kennesaw State University - Nature Bound: Kennesaw, GA / Accredited Since 2024

Prescott College: Prescott, AZ / Accredited Since 1997   

Sterling College: Craftsbury, VT / Accredited Since 2007   

University of New Hampshire - UNH Recreation Management and Policy / Durham, NH / Accredited Since 1996

Utah Valley University / Orem, UT / Accredited since 2012

Wyoming Catholic College - Outdoor Program: Lander, WY / Accredited Since 2017

School Programs

Aspen School District - Aspen, CO / Accredited Since 2024

Chadwick School - Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA / Outdoor Education: Accredited Since 1996 

Chadwick International - Outdoor Education: Songdo, Korea / Accredited Since 2019   

Colorado Rocky Mountain School: Carbondale, CO / Accredited Since 2003 

Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center:  Estes Park, CO / Accredited Since 2005 

French Broad River Academy: Asheville, NC / Accredited Since 2013   

The Independent Schools Foundation Limited: Hong Kong / Accredited Since 2023

Santa Barbara Middle School : Santa Barbara, CA / Accredited Since 2003

Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School: Okotoks, Alberta, Canada / Accredited Since 2012   

The Link School: Buena Vista, CO / Accredited Since 2010

Therapeutic Programs

Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center: Breckenridge, CO / Accredited Since 1996

Inner Harbor Hospitals Ltd. (Youth Villages):  Douglasville, GA / Accredited Since 1999

New Directions Youth and Family Services: Weston Mills, NY / Accredited Since 2004

PIVOTPoint WNC: Asheville, North Carolina / Accredited Since 2024

Corporate Team Building & Training

Project Adventure:  Beverly, MA / Accredited Since 1995

Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Programs 

(Programs that provide Adventure Therapy, i.e., licensed mental health therapists using adventure activities as part of their treatment.)

Adventure Works: DeKalb, IL / Accredited Since 2017

Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness: Clayton, GA / Accredited Since 2005

blueFire Wilderness Therapy: Boise, ID / Accredited Since 2023

Elements Wilderness LLC:  Huntington, UT / Accredited Since 2015 

Legacy Outdoor Adventures: Loa, UT / Accredited Since 2016

Pure Life Adventures: Costa Rica / Accredited Since 2019

RedCliff Ascent: Enterprise, UT / Accredited Since 2015

Red Top Meadows Teton Youth & Family Services: Jackson, WY / Accredited Since 1999

Second Nature Uintas: Duchesne, UT / Accredited Since 2019

Summit Achievement: Stow, ME / Accredited Since 2015

True North Wilderness Program: Waitsfield, VT / Accredited Since 2022