NWCCU Institutions of Washington

Washington

Click one of the following for Status Definitions:		Applicant	Candidate	Accredited
Legend:	A – Associate	B – Baccalaureate	M – Masters	D – Doctorate
* Indicates the institution is a Candidate at this level while remaining accredited at the other level(s)

Institution	Institutional Control	Status (Year Granted) Public Sanction	Most Recent Evaluation	Next Evaluation	Degree Level
Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle http://www.ais.edu/	Private (For-Profit)	Accredited (1999)	Fall 2012 Year Three Evaluation	Fall 2015 Year Seven Evaluation	A,B
Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Seattle, WA http://www.bgi.edu	Private (Non-Profit)	Applicant (2012)	---	Fall 2013 Initial Candidacy Evaluation	M
Bastyr University, Kenmore http://www.bastyr.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1989)	Spring 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year One Evaluation	B,M,D
Bates Technical College, Tacoma http://www.bates.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1988)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Bellevue College, Bellevue http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/	Public	Accredited (1970)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A, B
Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham http://www.btc.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1999)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake http://www.bigbend.edu/	Public	Accredited (1965)	Fall 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year One Evaluation	A
Cascadia Community College, Bothell http://www.cascadia.edu/	Public	Accredited (2006)	Spring 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year One Evaluation	A
Central Washington University, Ellensburg http://www.cwu.edu/	Public	Accredited (1918)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	B,M
Centralia College, Centralia http://www.centralia.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A,B*
City University of Seattle, Seattle http://www.cityu.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1978)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A,B,M,D*
Clark College, Vancouver http://www.clark.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A
Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood http://www.cptc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1999)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Columbia Basin College, Pasco http://www.columbiabasin.edu/	Public	Accredited (1960)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A,B
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle http://www.cornish.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1977)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Comprehensive Evaluation	B
Eastern Washington University, Cheney http://www.ewu.edu/	Public	Accredited (1919)	Spring 2012 Year Three Evaluation	Spring 2015 Year Seven Evaluation	B,M,D
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Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood http://www.edcc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1973)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A
Everett Community College, Everett http://www.everettcc.edu	Public	Accredited (1948)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A
Gonzaga University, Spokane http://www.gonzaga.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1927)	Spring 2012 Year Three Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Seven Evaluation	B,M,D
Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen http://ghc.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Spring 2012 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A
Green River Community College, Auburn http://www.greenriver.edu/	Public	Accredited (1967)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Heritage University, Toppenish http://www.heritage.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1986)	Spring 2012 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A,B,M
Highline Community College, Des Moines http://www.highline.edu/	Public	Accredited (1965)	Spring 2012 Year Three Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland http://www.lwtech.edu/	Public	Accredited (1981)	Fall 2012 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A,B
Lower Columbia College, Longview http://www.lcc.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A
North Seattle Community College, Seattle http://www.northseattle.edu/	Public	Accredited (1973)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A,B*
Northwest Indian College, Bellingham http://www.nwic.edu/	Tribal	Accredited (1993)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A,B
Northwest University, Kirkland http://www.northwestu.edu	Private	Accredited (1973)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Comprehensive Evaluation	A,B,M,D*
Olympic College, Bremerton http://olympic.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A, B
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Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma http://www.plu.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1936)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	B,M
Peninsula College, Port Angeles http://www.pencol.edu/	Public	Accredited (1965)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A, B
Pierce College, Lakewood & Puyallup http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1972)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A
Renton Technical College, Renton http://www.renton-tc.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1978)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Saint Martin's University, Lacey http://www.stmartin.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1933)	Fall 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year One Evaluation	A,B,M
Seattle Central Community College, Seattle http://seattlecentral.org/	Public	Accredited (1970)	Spring 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year One Evaluation	A,B
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle http://www.spu.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1933)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	B,M,D
Seattle University, Seattle http://www.seattleu.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1935)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	B,M,D
Shoreline Community College, Seattle http://shoreline.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1966)	Fall 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year One Evaluation	A
Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon http://www.skagit.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A
South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia http://www.spscc.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1975)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A
South Seattle Community College, Seattle http://www.southseattle.edu/	Public	Accredited (1975)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A, B
Spokane Community College, Spokane http://www.scc.spokane.edu/	Public	Accredited (1967)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane http://www.spokanefalls.edu/	Public	Accredited (1967)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Tacoma Community College, Tacoma http://www.tacomacc.edu	Public	Accredited (1967)	Spring 2012 Year Three Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Seven Evaluation	A
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The Evergreen State College, Olympia http://www.evergreen.edu/	Public	Accredited (1974)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	B,M
Trinity Lutheran College, Everett http://www.tlc.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1982)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	A,B
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma http://www.ups.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1923)	Fall 2011 Comprehensive Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	B,M,D
University of Washington, Seattle http://www.washington.edu/	Public	Accredited (1918)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Seven Evaluation	B,M,D
Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla http://www.wwcc.edu	Public	Accredited (1969)	Fall 2012 Year Three Evaluation	Fall 2015 Year Seven Evaluation	A
Walla Walla University, College Place http://www.wallawalla.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1932)	Fall 2012 Comprehensive Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year One Evaluation	A,B,M
Washington State University, Pullman http://www.wsu.edu/	Public	Accredited (1918)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2013 Year Three Evaluation	B,M,D
Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee http://www.wvc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A
Western Washington University, Bellingham http://www.wwu.edu/	Public	Accredited (1921)	Spring 2011 Year One Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	B,M
Whatcom Community College, Bellingham http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1976)	Fall 2012 Ad Hoc Evaluation	Spring 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A
Whitman College, Walla Walla http://www.whitman.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1918)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	B
Whitworth University, Spokane http://www.whitworth.edu/	Private (Non-Profit)	Accredited (1933)	Fall 2011 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2013 Year Three Evaluation	B,M
Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima http://www.yvcc.edu/	Public	Accredited (1948)	Fall 2012 Year One Evaluation	Fall 2014 Year Three Evaluation	A

Definitions of Institution Status

Applicant

An affiliate status indicating that an institution appears to meet the Commission's conditions of eligibility and that its Application for Consideration has been accepted. Recognition as an Applicant neither implies nor ensures an institution will attain Candidate or Accredited status with the Commission.

Candidate

An affiliate preaccreditation status indicating that an institution meets the Commission's Eligibility Requirements and is progressing toward accreditation. Recognition as a Candidate neither implies nor ensures an institution will attain Accredited status with NWCCU.

Accredited

An affiliate status indicating that an institution meets the Commission's established standards of educational quality and effectiveness. Accredited status indicates that the institution: 1) has clearly defined and appropriate educational objectives; 2) operates under conditions by which achievement of those educational objectives can reasonably be expected; 3) is substantially accomplishing its educational objectives; and 4) is organized, staffed, and supported to warrant confidence that it will continue to achieve its educational objectives in the foreseeable future.

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