UAS enters seventh year of accreditation cycle, with April 2026 peer visit

Every seven years, an in-depth review ensures UAS meets standards and fulfills its mission through continuous improvement.

Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Alaska

Date of Press Release: December 9, 2025

The University of Alaska Southeast is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) to ensure institutional quality and integrity. UAS’s accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed.

Every seven years, NWCCU conducts an ‘Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness’–an in-depth review and site visit to evaluate UAS’s ongoing effectiveness in meeting accreditation standards and fulfilling its mission through continuous improvement. Accreditation applies to the university as a whole (rather than to individual campuses or programs), ensuring adequate opportunities for students who enroll.

The most recent evaluation of this kind took place in April 2019, and NWCCU’s action on the institution’s accreditation status was to reaffirm accreditation on July 12, 2019. The next evaluation is scheduled for 2026, with a peer evaluation team site visit on April 15-17, 2026.

The public is invited to send comments to the NWCCU in advance of this visit via the electronic submission form: https://nwccu.org/member-institutions/upcoming-evaluations/ or by mailing them to: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, 8060 165th Ave NE, Suite 200, Redmond, WA 98052. The commission office will accept third-party comments up to ten days before the start date of the evaluation visit (by April 5, 2026).