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.

ACCREDITATION

The Laramie campus of 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.

 

MEMBERSHIPS

• Association of Diesel Specialists
• Automotive Service Excellence
• Automotive Transmission Rebuilders Association
• Career College Association
• Laramie Chamber of Commerce
• National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
• National Technical Honor Society
• Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• South Dakota Auto Body Association
• Specialty Equipment Market Association
• Technology Maintenance Council
• Wyoming Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• Wyoming Trucking Association

 

APPROVALS

This school voluntarily undergoes periodic accrediting evaluations by teams of qualified examiners including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private school administration.

• Corinthian Colleges, Inc. is an Accredited Training Sponsor of the National Center for Construction Education and Research(NCCER).
  
• Eligible institution under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (FPLUS), Federal Unsubsidized Loan Program Cal Grant.
• Eligible institution for Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Pell Grant and Federal Work Study (FWS) programs.
  
• Provides training services for the State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
• Approved for the training of Veterans and eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
• Member of Career Schools and Colleges.
• Programs for eligible participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
• WyoTech is 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 WyoTech to advertise and recruit for the following degree programs: Associate in Specialized Technology in Automotive Technology and Management; Associate in Specialized Technology in Automotive Technology with Motorsports Chassis Fabrication and Management; Associate in Specialized Technology in Automotive Technology with Street Rod and Management; Associate in Specialized Technology in Collision/Refinishing Technology and Management; Associate in Specialized Technology in Collision/Refinishing Technology with Motorsports Chassis Fabrication and Management; Associate in Specialized Technology in Collision/Refinishing Technology with Street Rod and Management; and Associate in Specialized Technology in Diesel Technology and Management. Authorization by the HECB does not carry with it an endorsement by the board of the institution or its programs. Any person desiring information about the requirements of the Act or the applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the HECB at P.O. Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430.
• WyoTech, Laramie is authorized by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. This authorization must be renewed each year and is based on an evaluation by minimum standards concerning quality of education, ethical business practices, health and safety, and fiscal responsibility.  Disclosures
• Licensed by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 1333 Main Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29201; telephone (803) 737-2260.  Licensure indicates that minimum standards have been met; it is not equivalent to or synonymous with accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Disclosures
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