Rochville University is an unaccredited online university offering a "Life Experience Degree, and Certificate Program". It has been accused of being a diploma mill. The State of Texas "classifies this online college as an illegal supplier of educational credentials" and lists it among "institutions whose degrees are illegal to use in Texas". The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists it as "fake". Its operation is believed to be centered in Pakistan, and its diplomas and degree certificates have been mailed from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has indicated that Rochville, Belford University, and the agencies from which they claim accreditation, "appear to be operated by the same people". In 2012, a U.S. District Court ordered Belford University, Rochville University’s sister operation, shut down and its founder pay $22.7 million in damages.
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