Accreditation

 

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.

WyoTech is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVALS

• Official ASE Test Center.
• Official EPA Refrigerant Technician Certification Test Center

 

ENTITLEMENT AGENCIES

• Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
• Employment Development Department (EDD) – California Training Benefits (CTB)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
• Trade Readjustment Act of 1974 (TRA)
• Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001

 APPROVALS

• WyoTech, Fremont, is a private institution approved to operate by the California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education.