<p>I’m a US citizen, and a NZ resident. If I get my bachelors here in NZ, will it be recognized in the states ? The accrediting body of the school is “New Nealand Qualifications Authority”… which “seems” to be the major accreditation body here.</p>
<p>Any suggestions are welcome, thanks !</p>
<p>If it is accredited in NZ, it will be equivalent to being accredited in the US. People with foreign degrees come to the US for grad school all the time.</p>
<p>However, depending on what you intend to do with your undergraduate degree, you may face extensive schoolwork once you return to the US. For example, Law is a graduate degree in the US. If you want to practice law in the US with a foreign undergraduate degree, you will most likely need to complete a Master of Law degree (1 or 2 years) focused on preparation for the Bar Exam(s) for the state(s) where you want to practice. If you earn a degree in education with a teaching certificate, depending on the state where you want to work you may need to take a certain number of state licensing specific classes. Here again a state specific M.A.T. might be more efficient as that is often only a 1 year program.</p>
<p>Special rules apply for medicine, engineering, pharmacy, nursing, and other fields where you need to pass specific licensing examinations. You can get a sense of what you might face in those fields by googling “state license XXXXX” where XXXXX is the professional field you are interested in.</p>
<p>You should also make an appointment with the closest office of EducationUSA. [Educational</a> Advising Centers ? EducationUSA](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.state.gov/centers/]Educational”>http://www.educationusa.state.gov/centers/)
The counselors there can fill you in on the typical experiences of people with NZ undergraduate degrees who apply to grad schools in the US.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>For students coming from a British-patterned education system, a standard Bachelor’s degree with hono(u)rs is normally considered sufficient for admission into U.S. master’s program(me)s.</p>