Accreditation, Attrition, and On Time Completion Rates
Annually, the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) in collaboration with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, requests all California BRN approved Nursing Education Programs submit pre-licensure (Associate, Baccalaureate, and Entry Level Master’s degree) program information to UCSF using the specified Annual School survey data collection/calculation formulas for the reporting period (August 1-July 31) each year. Annual School Survey reports are posted on the BRN website. A list of BRN approved prelicensure nursing programs is found on our Pre-Licensure RN Programs page.
The table below reflects the accreditation, pre-licensure attrition and on time completion (retention rate) information each program provided directly to UCSF. The table has been updated on August 2, 2019 to reflect individual program revised attrition and on time completion data provided directly to UCSF.
Please contact the individual program directly for further information about the program and any possible changes/updates related to institutional and program accreditation status, attrition and on time completion (retention) rates.
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School | School Accreditation | Program Accreditation | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | |||||
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Attrition Rate | On-time Completion Rate | Attrition Rate | On-time Completion Rate | Attrition Rate | On-time Completion Rate | Attrition Rate | On-time Completion Rate | Attrition Rate | On-time Completion Rate | |||
Allan Hancock College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 6% | 94% | 9% | 91% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
American Career College | ABHES | None | Not Applicable | Not Available | 8% | 87% | 5% | 91% | ||||
American River College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 29% | 51% | 32% | 50% | 11% | 71% | 9% | 81% | 11% | 81% |
American University of Health Sciences | WSCUC | CCNE | 13% | 72% | 29% | 51% | 30% | 70% | 33% | 59% | 19% | 68% |
Antelope Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 8% | 68% | 13% | 77% | 12% | 69% | 10% | 76% | 15% | 72% |
Azusa Pacific University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 5% | 90% | 10% | 87% | 7% | 93% | 5% | 93% | 0% | 97% |
Azusa Pacific University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 7% | 91% | 7% | 90% | 6% | 90% | 4% | 96% | 2% | 97% |
Bakersfield College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 12% | 84% | 13% | 83% | 12% | 79% | 13% | 79% | 9% | 80% |
Biola University | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 97% | 5% | 95% | 5% | 95% | 2% | 98% | 2% | 95% |
Brightwood College (Closed 12/2018) |
ACICS | None | 4% | 96% | 2% | 95% | 3% | 97% | 16% | 84% | 12% | 87% |
Butte Community College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 19% | 81% | 5% | 95% | 6% | 94% | 6% | 94% | 0% | 100% |
Cabrillo Community College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 13% | 87% | 17% | 83% | 11% | 88% | 11% | 89% | 18% | 81% |
California Baptist University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 7% | 93% | 4% | 90% | 3% | 97% | 7% | 91% | 3% | 97% |
California Baptist University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 3% | 97% | 3% | 90% | 3% | 97% | 0% | 97% |
California Career College | ABHES | None | Not Available | |||||||||
Career Care Institute of LA | COE | None | Not Available | |||||||||
CSU Bakersfield | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 96% | 0% | 100% | 4% | 93% | 13% | 87% | 7% | 89% |
CSU Channel Islands | WSCUC | CCNE | 18% | 82% | 0% | 95% | 6% | 94% | 5% | 86% | 9% | 83% |
CSU Chico | WSCUC | CCNE | 5% | 95% | 0% | 99% | 5% | 95% | 2% | 98% | 3% | 93% |
CSU East Bay | WSCUC | CCNE | 6% | 89% | 16% | 84% | 11% | 82% | 12% | 80% | 8% | 88% |
CSU Fresno - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 15% | 85% | 4% | 96% | 0% | 100% | 2% | 98% | 3% | 94% |
CSU Fullerton - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 8% | 92% | 8% | 90% | 7% | 93% | 3% | 94% | 10% | 86% |
CSU Long Beach - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 8% | 92% | 7% | 93% | 10% | 81% | 7% | 81% | 9% | 85% |
CSU Long Beach - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | Not Applicable | 13% | 87% | Not Applicable | ||||||
CSU Los Angeles - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 3% | 91% | 1% | 99% | 1% | 98% |
CSU Northridge | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 98% | 3% | 97% | 2% | 98% | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% |
CSU Sacramento | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 94% | 3% | 95% | 3% | 96% | 3% | 94% | 2% | 97% |
CSU San Bernardino | WSCUC | CCNE | 6% | 94% | 4% | 91% | 5% | 94% | 2% | 93% | 0% | 97% |
CSU San Marcos | WSCUC | CCNE | 7% | 93% | 13% | 85% | 3% | 90% | 17% | 82% | 0% | 47% |
CSU Stanislaus | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 91% | 7% | 93% | 10% | 90% | 7% | 93% | 9% | 91% |
Carrington College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 4% | 88% | 14% | 62% | 36% | 59% | 20% | 79% | 0% | 100% |
Cerritos College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 17% | 75% | 25% | 72% | 19% | 65% | 18% | 69% | 20% | 59% |
Chabot College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 30% | 70% | 36% | 64% | 21% | 79% | 48% | 48% | 19% | 67% |
Chaffey College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 6% | 90% | 12% | 78% | 13% | 73% | 9% | 91% | 18% | 71% |
Chamberlain College of Nursing | HLC | CCNE | Not Available | |||||||||
Charles R. Drew University | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 98% | 6% | 94% | 16% | 82% | 18% | 75% | 17% | 81% |
Citrus College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 15% | 85% | 10% | 90% | 15% | 85% | 5% | 81% | 0% | 93% |
City College of San Francisco | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 17% | 82% | 18% | 81% | 21% | 77% | 20% | 78% | 15% | 82% |
CNI College | ABHES | In Progress | Not Available | 7% | 85% | 6% | 93% | 2% | 37% | 0% | 50% | |
College of Marin | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 7% | 93% | 4% | 96% | 7% | 88% | 3% | 97% | 7% | 93% |
College of San Mateo | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 15% | 69% | 24% | 62% | 12% | 86% | 15% | 85% | 3% | 97% |
College of the Canyons | ACCJC/WASC-JC | CNEA-NLN | 6% | 83% | 8% | 88% | 4% | 91% | 6% | 90% | 8% | 90% |
College of the Desert | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 34% | 66% | 20% | 75% | 7% | 88% | 17% | 77% | 25% | 55% |
College of the Redwoods | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 13% | 84% | 16% | 84% | 29% | 71% | 9% | 91% | 7% | 88% |
College of the Sequoias | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 5% | 87% | 4% | 92% | 16% | 77% | 7% | 89% | 4% | 95% |
College of the Siskiyous | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 4% | 96% | 3% | 97% | 3% | 97% | 0% | 100% | 14% | 86% |
Concordia University Irvine | WSCUC | CCNE | 6% | 94% | 8% | 93% | 2% | 96% | 8% | 87% | 14% | 85% |
Contra Costa College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 10% | 80% | 28% | 73% | 5% | 92% | 0% | 100% | 28% | 72% |
Copper Mountain College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 22% | 78% | 4% | 96% | 10% | 91% | 14% | 86% | 7% | 93% |
Cuesta College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 14% | 79% | 19% | 81% | 14% | 84% | 38% | 38% | 10% | 90% |
Cypress College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 7% | 80% | 12% | 81% | 7% | 84% | 29% | 57% | 12% | 76% |
De Anza College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 32% | 58% | 26% | 68% | 28% | 54% | 20% | 78% | 25% | 68% |
Dominican University of California | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 3% | 95% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
East Los Angeles College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 4% | 91% | 7% | 93% | 0% | 98% | 0% | 89% | 0% | 100% |
El Camino College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 33% | 41% | 16% | 73% | 15% | 69% | 16% | 71% | 18% | 76% |
El Camino College - Compton Education Center | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 48% | 46% | 35% | 58% | 24% | 53% | 9% | 87% | 16% | 76% |
Evergreen Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 30% | 58% | 33% | 63% | 25% | 61% | 18% | 66% | 25% | 59% |
Fresno City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 3% | 91% | 6% | 92% | 4% | 87% | 7% | 93% | 8% | 85% |
Gavilan College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 5% | 95% | 14% | 86% | 0% | 68% | 21% | 71% | 9% | 91% |
Glendale Career College | ABHES | None | Not Applicable | Not Available | 6% | 61% | ||||||
Glendale Community College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | Not Available | 7% | 89% | 14% | 77% | 13% | 83% | 10% | 86% | |
Golden West College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 17% | 77% | 23% | 77% | 18% | 83% | 15% | 84% | 6% | 93% |
Grossmont College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 22% | 73% | 16% | 84% | 16% | 81% | 15% | 85% | 18% | 77% |
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | ABHES | None | Not Applicable | 5% | 0% | |||||||
Hartnell College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 16% | 77% | 15% | 74% | 18% | 77% | 2% | 93% | 2% | 96% |
Holy Names University | WSCUC | CCNE | Not Available | |||||||||
Imperial Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 19% | 76% | 16% | 81% | 13% | 68% | 6% | 88% | 2% | 98% |
Loma Linda University | WSCUC | CCNE | 11% | 88% | 18% | 82% | 12% | 80% | 10% | 78% | 9% | 89% |
Long Beach City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 15% | 81% | 17% | 69% | 14% | 80% | 13% | 85% | 15% | 77% |
L.A. City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 13% | 85% | 10% | 87% | 19% | 77% | 10% | 81% | 20% | 70% |
L.A. County College of Nursing and Allied Health | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 20% | 54% | 9% | 75% | 26% | 68% | 6% | 63% | 5% | 57% |
L.A. Harbor College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 47% | 41% | 32% | 51% | 25% | 56% | 45% | 52% | 42% | 42% |
L.A. Southwest College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 8% | 84% | 6% | 82% | 9% | 80% | 4% | 89% | 19% | 64% |
L.A. Trade-Tech College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 29% | 44% | 43% | 43% | 45% | 38% | 47% | 53% | 21% | 79% |
L.A. Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 11% | 65% | 24% | 69% | 20% | 61% | 22% | 70% | 15% | 79% |
Los Angeles Pierce College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 12% | 70% | 5% | 93% | 19% | 81% | 33% | 53% | 25% | 72% |
Los Medanos College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 18% | 73% | 25% | 75% | 19% | 81% | 10% | 90% | 3% | 97% |
Mendocino College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 21% | 79% | 28% | 72% | 6% | 94% | 0% | 100% | 10% | 86% |
Merced College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 26% | 71% | 33% | 65% | 20% | 79% | 11% | 85% | 7% | 87% |
Merritt College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 39% | 39% | 12% | 83% | 24% | 69% | 12% | 88% | 45% | 52% |
Mira Costa College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 11% | 86% | 5% | 95% | 11 | 75% | 16% | 79% | 0% | 98% |
Mission College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 13% | 88% | 10% | 90% | 7% | 93% | 0% | 100% | 10% | 0% |
Modesto Junior College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 8% | 87% | 17% | 75% | 5% | 92% | 7% | 89% | 11% | 88% |
Monterey Peninsula College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 19% | 81% | 25% | 75% | 9% | 88% | 9% | 91% | 6% | 94% |
Moorpark College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 25% | 73% | 15% | 85% | 19% | 81% | 26% | 74% | 29% | 68% |
Mount St. Mary's University-Los Angeles - AD | WSCUC | ACEN | 13% | 87% | 18% | 82% | 17% | 74% | 20% | 74% | 4% | 84% |
Mount St. Mary's University-Los Angeles - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 4% | 85% | 8% | 91% | 12% | 75% | 12% | 79% | 14% | 70% |
Mount San Antonio College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 16% | 65% | 22% | 70% | 28% | 65% | 11% | 79% | 10% | 84% |
Mount San Jacinto College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 16% | 53% | 29% | 60% | 23% | 65% | 16% | 77% | 16% | 74% |
Napa Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 10% | 90% | 15% | 75% | 18% | 68% | 20% | 73% | 25% | 73% |
National University | WSCUC | CCNE | 19% | 81% | 2% | 98% | 4% | 50% | 0% | 99% | 1% | 96% |
Ohlone College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 11% | 77% | 21% | 69% | 27% | 66% | 23% | 70% | 21% | 79% |
Pacific Union College | WSCUC | ACEN | 23% | 77% | 18% | 78% | 11% | 79% | 16% | 82% | 16% | 80% |
Palomar College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 39% | 59% | 27% | 56% | 11% | 83% | 3% | 93% | 11% | 79% |
Pasadena City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 13% | 87% | 18% | 79% | 9% | 87% | 8% | 89% | 24% | 56% |
Point Loma Nazarene University | WSCUC | CCNE | 21% | 79% | 12% | 88% | 18% | 73% | 6% | 85% | 8% | 89% |
Porterville College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 25% | 75% | 42% | 58% | 37% | 53% | 13% | 83% | 12% | 76% |
Reedley College at Madera Community College Center | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 29% | 71% | 29% | 71% | 33% | 67% | 8% | 92% | 25% | 75% |
Rio Hondo College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 23% | 71% | 19% | 77% | 28% | 66% | 28% | 66% | 23% | 77% |
Riverside City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 14% | 84% | 7% | 88% | 5% | 87% | 4% | 86% | 9% | 80% |
Sacramento City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 23% | 78% | 13% | 83% | 2% | 98% | 5% | 95% | 3% | 97% |
Saddleback College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 23% | 73% | 21% | 79% | 20% | 70% | 13% | 86% | 9% | 88% |
Samuel Merritt University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 6% | 91% | 5% | 91% | 6% | 81% | 3% | 92% | 4% | 82% |
Samuel Merritt University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 4% | 91% | 4% | 86% | 5% | 90% | 11% | 84% | 3% | 97% |
San Bernardino Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 0% | 100% | 3% | 84% | 4% | 83% | 8% | 88% | 8% | 87% |
San Diego City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 16% | 81% | 18% | 80% | 19% | 79% | 16% | 78% | 0% | 100% |
San Diego State University | WSCUC | CCNE | 7% | 92% | 8% | 83% | 11% | 85% | 5% | 95% | 21% | 74% |
San Francisco State University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 2% | 98% | 4% | 96% | 2% | 98% |
San Francisco State University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | Not Available | 5% | 90% | 10% | 85% | 9% | 91% | |
San Joaquin Delta College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 5% | 95% | 9% | 91% | 5% | 93% | 4% | 96% | 7% | 93% |
San Joaquin Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 8% | 92% | 34% | 63% | 13% | 50% | 20% | 32% | 18% | 82% |
Santa Ana College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 17% | 71% | 21% | 65% | 13% | 69% | 14% | 75% | 8% | 73% |
Santa Barbara City College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 6% | 94% | 22% | 78% | 27% | 67% | 7% | 93% | 4% | 91% |
Santa Monica College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 31% | 51% | 17% | 65% | 22% | 62% | 38% | 52% | 18% | 65% |
Santa Rosa Junior College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 7% | 90% | 8% | 91% | 5% | 90% | 5% | 91% | 6% | 91% |
Shasta College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 4% | 91% | 14% | 81% | 7% | 92% | 7% | 86% | 9% | 91% |
Shepherd University | ACICS | None | 20% | 70% | 24% | 57% | 42% | 33% | 50% | 40% | Closed | |
Sierra College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 10% | 88% | 15% | 85% | 15% | 80% | 3% | 97% | 23% | 78% |
Simpson University | WSCUC | CCNE | 13% | 87% | 0% | 100% | 13% | 88% | 0% | 97% | 0% | 80% |
Solano Community College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 22% | 69% | 21% | 79% | 20% | 80% | 5% | 95% | 2% | 98% |
Sonoma State University | WSCUC | ACEN | 4% | 96% | 8% | 92% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
Southwestern College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 15% | 80% | 15% | 80% | 17% | 83% | 1% | 99% | 4% | 96% |
Stanbridge University | ACCSC | None | Not Applicable | 39% | 62% | 24% | 73% | 15% | 78% | |||
The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 2% | 97% | 33% | 67% | 1% | 99% |
United States University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | Not Applicable | Not Available | 10% | 90% | Closed | |||||
United States University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | Not Applicable | 13% | 88% | Not Applicable | Closed | |||||
Unitek College | ACCSC | CCNE | 5% | 95% | 16% | 84% | 23% | 77% | 4% | 97% | 4% | 96% |
University of California, Davis-Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing | WSCUC | CCNE | Not Applicable | 0% | 100% | |||||||
University of California Irvine - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 16% | 77% | 16% | 76% | 20% | 70% | 4% | 90% | 2% | 98% |
University of California Los Angeles - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 4% | 92% | 8% | 78% | 4% | 85% | 8% | 88% | 4% | 96% |
University of California Los Angeles - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 1% | 97% | 2% | 96% | 2% | 84% | 3% | 85% | 3% | 88% |
University of California San Francisco | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 96% | 0% | 98% | 2% | 97% | 0% | 97% | 2% | 98% |
University of Phoenix, Northern California Campus | HLC | CCNE | 6% | 86% | 17% | 54% | Not Available | 5% | 92% | |||
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing | WSCUC | CCNE | 4% | 94% | 5% | 95% | 2% | 98% | 100% | 0% | 1% | 97% |
University of San Francisco - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 5% | 87% | 6% | 77% | 14% | 71% | 18% | 66% | 24% | 66% |
University of San Francisco - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 0% | 97% | 0% | 98% | 0% | 98% | 0% | 96% |
Ventura College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | ACEN | 27% | 72% | 25% | 65% | 20% | 66% | 10% | 80% | 26% | 65% |
Victor Valley College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 18% | 70% | 17% | 70% | 17% | 74% | 22% | 62% | 17% | 73% |
Weimar Institute | WSCUC | None | Not Applicable | 11% | 67% | 0% | 100% | |||||
West Coast University | WSCUC | CCNE | 13% | 84% | 16% | 81% | 23% | 76% | 16% | 79% | 16% | 79% |
West Hills College Lemoore | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 20% | 80% | 12% | 84% | 10% | 83% | 8% | 90% | 0% | 100% |
Western Governors University | NWCCU | CCNE | 0% | 88% | 20% | 67% | 16% | 63% | 9% | 91% | 0% | 100% |
Western University of Health Sciences | WSCUC | CCNE | 5% | 95% | 8% | 82% | 2% | 98% | 2% | 96% | 0% | 95% |
Yuba College | ACCJC/WASC-JC | None | 8% | 92% | 12% | 83% | 7% | 93% | 11% | 89% | 8% | 92% |
Table Definitions
- School Accreditation: Accreditation of the institution by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education (as required by the BRN) to assure the public that the educational institution meets clearly defined objectives appropriate to education.
- Program Accreditation: Voluntary and self-regulatory advanced accreditation of a nursing education program by a non-governmental association.
- Attrition Rate: The total number of students who withdrew or were dismissed from the program and were scheduled to complete the program between August 1 and July 31, divided by the total number of students enrolled who were scheduled to complete during the same time period.
- On Time Completion/Retention Rate: The total number of students who completed the program between August 1 and July 31 divided by the total number of students enrolled who were scheduled to complete during the same time period.
- Not Applicable: The program did not have students completing in the given year between August 1 and July 31.
- Not Available: The program did not provide data on the Annual School Survey to accurately calculate student retention and attrition rate in the given year between August 1 and July 31.
Program Accreditation Legend
- ACEN - Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
- CCNE - Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- CNEA-NLN - Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation-National League for Nursing
School Accreditation Legend
- ABHES - Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- ACCJC/WASC-JC - Accrediting Commission for Community & Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools & Colleges
- ACCSC - Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges
- ACCSCT - Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges of Technology
- ACICS - Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools
- CHEA - Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- COE - Council on Occupational Education
- HLC - Higher Learning Commission
- NWCCU - Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities
- WSCUC - WASC-Senior College & University Commission