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.
- National University of Natural Medicine - Portland, OR
- Neumont College of Computer Science - Salt Lake City, UT
- Nevada State University - Henderson, NV
- New Saint Andrews College - Moscow, ID
- Nightingale College - Salt Lake City, UT
- North Idaho College - Coeur d'Alene, ID
- North Seattle College - Seattle, WA
- Northwest Indian College - Bellingham, WA
- Northwest Nazarene University - Nampa, ID
- Northwest University - Kirkland, WA
- Olympic College - Bremerton, WA
- Oregon Coast Community College - Newport, OR
- Oregon Health and Science University - Portland, OR
- Oregon Institute of Technology - Klamath Falls, OR
- Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR
- Pacific Lutheran University - Tacoma, WA
- Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences - Yakima, WA
- Pacific University - Forest Grove, OR
- Peninsula College - Port Angeles, WA
- Pierce College - Lakewood, WA
- Portland Community College - Portland, OR
- Portland State University - Portland, OR
- Reed College - Portland, OR
- Renton Technical College - Renton, WA
- Rocky Mountain College - Billings, MT
- Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions - Provo, UT
- Rogue Community College - Grants Pass, OR
- Roseman University of Health Sciences - Henderson, NV
- Saint Martin’s University - Lacey, WA
- Salish Kootenai College - Pablo, MT
- Salt Lake Community College - Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle Central College - Seattle, WA
- Seattle Pacific University - Seattle, WA
- Seattle School of Theology and Psychology - Seattle, WA
- Seattle University - Seattle, WA