Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
AbbreviationNWCCU
Formation1917
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeEducational accreditation
HeadquartersRedmond, Washington
Region served
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, British Columbia
Membership
163 institutions
President
Sonny Ramaswamy
Main organ
Board of Commissioners
Websitenwccu.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) is an independent, non-profit membership organization recognized by the United States Department of Education since 1952 as an institutional accreditor for colleges and universities.[1]

  1. ^ "U.S. Department of Education". Retrieved 2010-07-31.