Welcome to the Accrediting Commission for Community
and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) accredits associate degree granting institutions in California, Hawaii, the Territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ACCJC is one of three commissions under the corporate entity known as the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

To learn more about accreditation in general, the purposes and processes of ACCJC, please select from the options below.

What is accreditation?
What are the different kinds of accreditation?
What is WASC?
What are the purposes of ACCJC?
How does the ACCJC evaluate colleges?
Who oversees the accreditors?

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