Accreditation
Lower Columbia College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Approving Agency
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.

Lower Columbia College
2000 Accreditation Self-Study

Each college conducts an accreditation self-study and is visited by an evaluation committee at least every ten years.

• Introduction
• Standard One
• Standard Two
• Standard Three
• Standard Four
• Standard Five
• Standard Six
• Standard Seven
• Standard Eight
• Standard Nine
• Commendations and Recommendations
  

Each college is also required to prepare an interim report and be visited by one or more representatives of the Commission at five year intervals between decennial visits. Lower Columbia College received no commendations or recommendations as a result of its 2005 interim visit.