SACSCOC Accreditation

Northwest Vista College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees. Click here to confirm NVC's accreditation status Links to an external site..

NVC is also approved and accredited by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists and is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and the Education Advisory Board.

NVC first offered classes in 1995; the first building on campus opened in 1998, and the college was originally accredited in 2001. In 2005 and in 2015, the SACSCOC team of evaluators visited NVC to assess the college's ongoing compliance with accreditation standards. The college was re-accredited in 2006 and will receive a formal announcement of re-accreditation status again in 2016.

What is SACSCOC?

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges is the recognized regional accrediting body in the eleven U.S. Southern states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) and in Latin America for those institutions of higher education that award associate, baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degrees. The Commission on Colleges' Board of Trustees is the representative body of the College Delegate Assembly and is charged with carrying out the accreditation process.

To gain or maintain accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, an institution must comply with the standards contained in the Accrediting Standards Links to an external site.Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement and with the policies and procedures of the Commission.

In plain terms, accreditation ensures that the college meets the same high standards as other colleges and universities to which and from which our students' work transfers. It ensures that the college continues to strive to better itself through the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), employs qualified personnel, offers high quality services, manages its budget, is appropriately organized, evaluates its own effectiveness and the success of its students, uses quality data to support assumptions and to make decisions, offers an effective work environment for faculty and staff, and so on.

For more information, please visit the SACSCOC website Links to an external site.

Contact

Janie Scott, Ph.D.
SACSCOC Liaison
Vice President for Student Success
SACSCOC Office: (210) 486-4925
Email: sscott@alamo.edu