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.

Institutional & Programmatic Accreditation

  • Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
  • The Medical Assistant diploma program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
  • The Pharmacy Technician program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301.657.3000, www.ashp.org.
  • The Surgical Technologist program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA). Further information can be obtained by contacting the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, 727.210.2350, 727.210.2354 (fax), www.caahep.org.

Approvals

  • Approved for the training of veterans and eligible  persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
  • Approved by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
  • The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is approved by the Utah Board of Nursing, 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801.530.6628, www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/nursing.html.
  • Licensed by Salt Lake County.
  • Registered with the Utah State Board of Regents, #3 Triad Center, 355 N. West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84180.

* School accreditations, approvals and memberships are displayed in the lobby. The Campus President can provide additional information.

3280 West 3500 South
UT 84119

 
 
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