Northwest Accreditation Commission

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Northwest Accreditation Commission

Abbreviation	NWAC
Formation	April 5, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-04-05)
Type	Non-governmental organization
Purpose	Educational accreditation
Headquarters	Boise, Idaho
Region served	Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, India
Owner	Cognia
Parent organization	Six Regional Accrediting Agencies in USA
Website	www.cognia.org, www.seriindia.org//

The Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), formerly named the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, is a non-governmental organization that provides accreditation to educational institutions in the Northwestern United States.^[1] The Commission accredits K–12, elementary, middle, and high schools; those offering distance education; non- degree-granting postsecondary institutions; and special purpose, supplementary education, travel education, and trans-regional schools in seven states in the northwestern United States. Formerly an independent entity based in Boise, Idaho, it is now a division of AdvancED.

The commission operates in seven states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Now it operates in India also in collaboration with SERI India. The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, which also serves this geographic territory, operates as the postsecondary equivalent of the NWAC.