About us

Headquartered in Orange County, California, TheEvaluationCompany is a nationally recognized and accredited, independent academic evaluation agency that powers the largest network of foreign academic evaluation sites, and also provides private-label credential evaluation services to colleges and universities throughout the U.S. 

Since 2014, we have specialized in academic evaluations to U.S. or Canadian standards of all types of international academic documents from virtually any country. Validential completes thousands of evaluations each year for our clients – immigration attorneys, public and private schools, colleges & universities, government, corporations and individuals. Our evaluations are used for a wide variety of purposes including continuing education, employment, and visa/immigration applications (traditional and refugee).

Academic evaluations are based upon a deep understanding of varying educational systems around the world, ongoing research and training, and comprehensive foreign academic evaluation experience. Foreign academic evaluations follow published AACRAO guidelines, and are produced in accordance with best practices as promulgated by AACRAO, NAFSA, TAICEP, NAGAP and EAIE (and as adopted by our agency). Evaluation reports include our evaluation methodology, the resumé of the evaluator, and citations from our reference library.