Accreditation
is any form of independent review of educational programs for the
purpose of helping to establish that the learning offered is of a
uniform and sound quality. 
Utah
Valley State College is Accredited by the Northwest Commission on
Colleges and Universities. (NWCCU)
In
the United States, the most widely recognized form of accreditation
for degree-granting programs comes from the regional accreditation
boards. When people ask if you have attended an "accredited
university" in the United States, they most commonly mean a
regionally accredited university.
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There
are six regional accreditation boards in the United States:
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MSA
- Middle States Association
NWCCU - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
NCA - North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
NEASC - New England Association of Schools and Colleges
SACS - Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
WASC - Western Association of Schools and Colleges
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These
six boards are seen as equal in each other's eyes and the eyes of
academics for the purpose of transferring credits or degree status
from one college to another.
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