Accreditation - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City Campus

What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a distinction granted to any institution meeting or exceeding the stated criteria of educational quality. The purposes of accreditation include:

  • Assess and enhance the educational quality of an institution.
  • Assure consistency in institutional operations.
  • Promote institutional improvement.
  • Provide for public accountability.
Why is it important to you?
Accreditation affects you by providing for the responsibility of an institution and assuring prospective and current students of the following:
  • It is recognized as a qualified institution of higher learning with approved programs of study that meet recognized academic standards.
  • It employs a professional staff.
  • It has sufficient facilities and equipment.
  • It is a stable and permanent fixture in the educational community.
This school voluntarily undergoes periodic accrediting evaluations by teams of qualified examiners including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private school administration.

Accreditation & Memberships:

Everest College is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award diplomas, Bachelor degrees and academic Associate’s degrees. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS)
750 First Street, NE, Ste. 980
Washington, D.C. 20002-4241
(202) 336-6780, fax: (202) 842-2593
Web: www.acics.org

The Everest College diploma and Associate’s degree Medical Assisting programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

The Surgical Technology program of the Salt Lake City campus is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology (ARC-ST).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: 727-210-2350
Fax: 727-210-2354
Web: www.caahep.org

The College does not imply, promise or guarantee that it will maintain its affiliation with any accrediting agency for the duration of the student’s enrollment and expressly reserves the right to terminate any such affiliation upon one month’s notice to students.

Everest College is exempt from being registered with the Utah Department of Commerce Division of Consumer Protection. Everest College is licensed by Salt Lake County. Everest College is approved by the United States Department of Homeland Security for the enrollment of intended students. Everest College also accepts students funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Workforce Investment Act.

Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree educational programs are approved for Veteran’s training by the Utah State Approving Agency. The student who is interested in inquiring about such educational benefits must first check with the Office of the Registrar.

Everest College has memberships in the following organizations:

  • Better Business Bureau
  • Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce
  • Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

 

3280 West 3500 South
UT 84119