
Western Governors University (WGU) is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and has the distinction of being the only university to have received regional accreditation from four regional accrediting commissions at the same time.

Matanuska-Susitna College is an extended college of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) which has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1974. Matanuska-Susitna College was known originally as Palmer Community College, and provided its first course offerings 1958.