Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities - (NWCCU)
The accreditation and preaccreditation (“Candidacy status”) of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and internationally, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions.
Please refer to the USDE website for their Recognized Scope of Accreditation here (https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html?src=more)
Recognized by
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
- U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
8060 165th Avenue, NE
Suite 100
Redmond, WA 98052
United States
The institutions (programs) listed here have been accredited as of April 2019, as reported by the accrediting organization. As information about institutions (programs) that have obtained or lost their accreditation subsequent to this date has become available and verified, these institutions (programs) have been added or deleted.
- Shoreline Community College - Seattle, WA
- Simon Fraser University - Burnaby, BC
- Skagit Valley College - Mount Vernon, WA
- Snow College - Ephraim, UT
- South Puget Sound Community College - Olympia, WA
- South Seattle College - Seattle, WA
- Southern Oregon University - Ashland, OR
- Southern Utah University - Cedar City, UT
- Southwestern Oregon Community College - Coos Bay, OR
- Spokane Community College - Spokane, WA
- Spokane Falls Community College - Spokane, WA
- Stone Child College - Box Elder, MT
- Tacoma Community College - Tacoma, WA
- The College of Idaho - Caldwell, ID
- The Evergreen State College - Olympia, WA
- The University of Montana Missoula - Missoula, MT
- The University of Montana Western - Dillon, MT
- Thompson Rivers University - Kamloops, BC
- Tillamook Bay Community College - Tillamook, OR
- Treasure Valley Community College - Ontario, OR
- Truckee Meadows Community College - Reno, NV
- Umpqua Community College - Roseburg, OR
- University of Alaska Anchorage - Anchorage, AK
- University of Alaska Fairbanks - Fairbanks, AK
- University of Alaska Southeast - Juneau, AK
- University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
- University of Nevada, Reno - Reno, NV
- University of Oregon - Eugene, OR
- University of Portland - Portland, OR
- University of Providence - Great Falls, MT
- University of Puget Sound - Tacoma, WA
- University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
- University of Washington - Seattle, WA
- University of Western States - Portland, OR