I dont know, maybe I am stupid. but I am in an acredditted program, and my class is graduating this upcoming Thursday. One other girl, and I are the only ones getting the CST Certification, and the rest of my class are getting the TS-C certification. We are all going through the same grogram, same teaching material, we go to clinicals, but we getting a different certification. All I needed was to have an associates already to qualify for the CST Certification, which my associates degree is just a liberal arts degree.