What is a diploma mill?

PhonyDiploma is NOT a diploma mill.

A diploma mill is a bogus business that disguises itself as a legitimate college, university, or high school. A diploma mill (or "degree mill") will pose as a real university, and award degrees without truly evaluating academic work from its "students."  They want you to think that they are a real school.  We are VERY clear that we are NOT a real school and that our diplomas are fake diplomas.

Diploma mills rip you off by selling printed degrees and providing academic references or falsified transcripts to individuals who may or may not be aware that the credentials are meaningless.

A degree mill may sell degrees at all levels, from bachelor's degrees to doctoral degrees. A degree mill might also allow its customers to pay higher rates for academic honors (like summa cum laude). Degree mills typically attract two types of customers:

• Individuals searching for a genuine academic program, who are unaware that they are enrolling at a degree mill.
• Individuals who are aware that they are committing fraud, but nevertheless want to build their credentials quickly for academic or professional reasons.