| 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: |   
                | MSA 
                    - Middle States AssociationNWCCU - 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
 |  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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