Accreditation - Vancouver

Vancouver 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).

Approvals

  • Approved for the training of veterans and eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
  • Authorized by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) and meets the requirements and minimum educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the Degree-Granting Institutions Act. This authorization is subject to periodic review and authorizes Everest College in Vancouver to offer the following degree programs: Associate of Applied Science in Medical Assistant. Authorization by the HECB does not carry with it endorsement by the board of the institution or its programs. Any person desiring information about the requirements of the Act or applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the HECB at PO Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430, 360.753.7800, email: info@hecb.wa.gov.
  • Licensed under Chapter 28c.10 RCW; inquiries or complaints regarding this or any other private vocational school may be made to the Work Force Training Board, 128 Tenth Avenue SW, P.O. Box 43105, Olympia, WA 98504-3105, 360.753.5662, email: wtecb@wtb.wa.gov.
  • Selected programs of study are approved by the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board’s State Approving Agency (WTCEB/SAA) for enrollment of veterans and eligible beneficiaries to receive benefits under Title 38 and Title 10, United States Code.

* Copies of accreditation, approval and membership documentation are available for inspection at the campus. Please contact the campus president to review this material.

120 N.E. 136th Ave, Ste. 130
WA 98684

 
 
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