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Whitworth University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the institutional accrediting body in the Northwest. The academic programs of study are approved by the Higher Education Coordinating Board’s State Approving Agency (HECB/SAA) for enrollment of persons eligible to receive educational benefits under Title 38 and Title 10, U.S. Code. The Whitworth Music Department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Programs in the School of Education are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The Intercollegiate College of Nursing of Washington State University, Eastern Washington University, and Whitworth University is approved by the Washington State Board of Nursing and the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education. The Whitworth Athletic Training Education Program is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. Whitworth is also a member of the Association of American Colleges, the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. It is on the approved list of the National Council on Church-Related Colleges. In its 2007 America’s Best Colleges Guide, U.S. News &World Report ranked Whitworth fifth among 123 master’s-level colleges and universities in the West. U.S. News ranked Whitworth third in its 2007 “Best Values” rankings, which consider both academic quality and cost. The university is affiliated with the Synod of Alaska-Northwest of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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