WASC Senior College and University Commission

WASC Senior College and University Commission

Overview

Established in 1962 and officially recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) is the regional accreditation agency for private and public Colleges and Universities in the following states in the United States: California, Hawaii and the Pacific. WSCUC's geo focus is mainly regional despite it provides accreditation services to a few international higher education institutions located outside the United States. WSCUC is one of the 6 recognized regional accrediting organizations officially mandated to accredit degree-granting higher education institutions in the United States. According to the US Department of Education, the WASC Senior College and University Commission recognized scope embraces the accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of senior colleges and universities in California, Hawaii, the United States territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, including distance education programs offered at those institutions.

General Information


Organization Name





Acronym

WSCUC


Address

985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100
Alameda
94501 California United States

Phone

+1 (510) 748 9001

Fax

+1 (510) 748 9797

Year of Establishment

1962

Control Type

Private

Entity Type

Non-Profit

Geo Focus and Coverage

Local or Regional

Recognized by

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); U.S. Department of Education

Affiliations and Memberships

n.a.

Number of Member Universities or Accredited Institutions

213

Members or Accredited Institutions

WSCUC Accredited Institutions (March 2023) Please visit the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) website for an up-to-date list of accredited institutions. 1) Abu Dhabi University 2) Academy for Jewish Religion California 3) Academy of Art University 4) Alder Graduate School of Education 5) Alliant International University 6) American Conservatory Theater 7) American Film Institute 8) American Jewish University 9) American University of Armenia 10) American University of Health Sciences 11) Amity University Uttar Pradesh 12) Anglo-American University 13) Art Center College of Design 14) Ashford University 15) Azusa Pacific University 16) Biola University 17) Brandman University 18) Brigham Young University-Hawaii 19) Cal Northern School of Law 20) California Baptist University 21) California College of the Arts 22) California Health Sciences University 23) California Institute for Human Science 24) California Institute of Advanced Management 25) California Institute of Integral Studies 26) California Institute of Technology 27) California Institute of the Arts 28) California Lutheran University 29) California Northstate University 30) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 31) California Southern University 32) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 33) California State University Maritime Academy 34) California State University, Bakersfield 35) California State University, Channel Islands 36) California State University, Chico 37) California State University, Dominguez Hills 38) California State University, East Bay 39) California State University, Fresno 40) California State University, Fullerton 41) California State University, Long Beach 42) California State University, Los Angeles 43) California State University, Monterey Bay 44) California State University, Northridge 45) California State University, Sacramento 46) California State University, San Bernardino 47) California State University, San Marcos 48) California State University, Stanislaus 49) California University of Science and Medicine 50) California Western School of Law 51) Cedars Sinai Medical Center 52) CETYS University 53) Chaminade University of Honolulu 54) Chapman University 55) Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 56) Claremont Graduate University 57) Claremont Lincoln University 58) Claremont McKenna College 59) Claremont School of Theology 60) Cogswell University of Silicon Valley 61) Columbia College Hollywood 62) Concordia University Irvine 63) Design Institute of San Diego 64) Dharma Realm Buddhist University 65) Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology 66) Dominican University of California 67) FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 68) Fielding Graduate University 69) Franciscan School of Theology 70) Fresno Pacific University 71) Fuller Theological Seminary 72) Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention 73) Golden Gate University 74) Graduate Theological Union 75) Harvey Mudd College 76) Hawaii Pacific University 77) High Tech High Graduate School of Education 78) Holy Names University 79) Hope International University 80) Humboldt State University 81) Humphreys University 82) Institute of Buddhist Studies 83) International Technological University 84) Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope 85) John F. Kennedy University 86) John Paul the Great Catholic University 87) Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences 88) Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences 89) La Sierra University 90) Laguna College of Art and Design 91) Life Chiropractic College West 92) Life Pacific University 93) Lincoln Law School of Sacramento 94) Lincoln University 95) Logos Evangelical Seminary 96) Loma Linda University 97) Los Angeles Pacific University 98) Loyola Marymount University 99) Marshall B. Ketchum University 100) Marymount California University 101) Menlo College 102) Meridian University 103) Mills College 104) Mount Madonna Institute 105) Mount Saint Mary's University 106) National Test Pilot School 107) National University 108) Naval Postgraduate School 109) New York Film Academy 110) NewSchool of Architecture and Design 111) Northcentral University 112) Northern Marianas College 113) Northwestern Polytechnic University 114) Notre Dame de Namur University 115) Oak Valley College 116) Occidental College 117) Otis College of Art and Design 118) Pacific College 119) Pacific College of Health and Science 120) Pacific Oaks College 121) Pacific School of Religion 122) Pacific Union College 123) Pacifica Graduate Institute 124) Palo Alto University 125) Pardee RAND Graduate School 126) Pepperdine University 127) Pitzer College 128) Point Loma Nazarene University 129) Pomona College 130) Presidio Graduate School 131) Providence Christian College 132) Reach Institute for School Leadership 133) Reiss-Davis Graduate School 134) Saint Mary's College of California 135) Samuel Merritt University 136) San Diego Christian College 137) San Diego State University 138) San Francisco Art Institute 139) San Francisco Conservatory of Music 140) San Francisco State University 141) San Joaquin College of Law 142) San Jose State University 143) Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 144) Santa Clara University 145) Saybrook University 146) Scripps College 147) Simpson University 148) Sofia University 149) Soka University of America 150) Sonoma State University 151) Southern California Institute of Architecture 152) Southern California University of Health Sciences 153) St. John's Seminary in California 154) St. Patrick's Seminary and University 155) Stanford University 156) Stanton University 157) Stockton Christian Life College 158) SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary 159) Teachers College of San Joaquin 160) The Broad Center 161) The Chicago School of Professional Psychology 162) The Master's University and Seminary 163) The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law 164) The Scripps Research Institute 165) The University of the South Pacific 166) The Wright Institute 167) Thomas Aquinas College 168) Thomas Jefferson School of Law 169) Touro University California 170) Touro University Worldwide 171) United Arab Emirates University 172) United States International University-Africa 173) United States University 174) Universidad de Las Americas 175) Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas 176) University of Antelope Valley 177) University of California Berkeley 178) University of California Hastings College of the Law 179) University of California San Diego 180) University of California San Francisco 181) University of California, Davis 182) University of California, Irvine 183) University of California, Los Angeles 184) University of California, Merced 185) University of California, Riverside 186) University of California, Santa Barbara 187) University of California, Santa Cruz 188) University of Guam 189) University of Hawai‘i-West O‘ahu 190) University of Hawai’i at Hilo 191) University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 192) University of Hawai’i Maui College 193) University of La Verne 194) University of Redlands 195) University of Saint Katherine 196) University of San Diego 197) University of San Francisco 198) University of Southern California 199) University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 200) University of the Pacific 201) University of the West 202) University of West Los Angeles 203) Vanguard University of Southern California 204) Weimar Institute 205) West Coast University 206) Westcliff University 207) Western University of Health Sciences 208) Westminster Seminary California 209) Westmont College 210) Whittier College 211) William Jessup University 212) Woodbury University 213) Zaytuna College

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