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.

ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Institutional Accreditation

Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 302, Arlington, VA 22201, telephone (703) 247-4212, www.accsc.org.

Memberships

• Automotive Transmission Rebuilders Association
• Automotive Service Association
• Association of Diesel Specialists
• California Autobody Association
• Career College Association
• I-Car Industry Training Alliance
• National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
• West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce

Approvals

• WyoTech, Sacramento, is a private institution approved to operate by the California Bureau of Private Post-secondary Education.
  

Entitlement Agencies

Eligible students may apply to the following agencies for determination of benefits while attending WyoTech: Veterans Administration, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Vocational Rehabilitation.

• Approved by the State of California, State Bureau for Private Post Secondary and Vocational Education. 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202, Sacramento, CA 95834
  
• Agents licensed by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Division of Private Occupational Schools.
  
• Authorized by the Georgia Nonpublic Post-Secondary Education Commission
  
• Licensed by the State of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 141.
  
• Licensed by the Mississippi Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211, License No. C-620.
  
• Licensed and regulated by the Oklahoma Board of Private Schools, 3700 North Classen Blvd., Suite 250, Oklahoma City, OK 73118.
  
• Approved and Regulated by the Texas Workforce Commission, Career Schools and Veterans Education, Austin, Texas 78778.
  
• Licensed by the Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board under chapter 28C.10RCW. Washington Residents: inquiries or complaints regarding this or any other private vocational school may be made to the Washington Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board, 128 10th Ave. SW, Olympia, WA 98504-3105 (360) 753-5673.
• 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.