A number of private schools in Utah are exempt from registration due to their being accredited by accrediting agencies which are recognized by the:  (1) Accrediting Agency; Evaluation Branch; Office of Postsecondary Education; U.S. Department of Education; ROB 3, Room 3036; Seventh & D Streets, SW; Washington, DC 20202-5244; Telephone: 1-800-424-0214; Fax: (202) 708-9469; and the (2) Council for Higher Education Accreditation; One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 854; Washington, DC 20036-1110; Telephone: (202) 955-6126; Fax: (202) 955-6129.  The names of these exempted schools will be followed by the acronym of their recognized accrediting agency from the list below.

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
(ABHES)(serves allied health education institutions and specialized programs for medical laboratory technicians and medical assistants)

Carol Moneymaker, Executive Director
803 West Broad Street, Suite 730
Falls Church,  VA 22046
Phone: (703) 553-2082
Fax: (703) 553-2095
Email: abhes@erols.com
www.abhes.org
 

Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
(ACCET)(serves noncollegiate continuing education institutions and programs)

Roger J. Williams, Executive Director
1722 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 955-1113
Fax: (202) 955-1118
Email: rjwilliams@accet.org
www.accet.org
 

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology
(ACCSCT) (serves private postsecondary degree and nondegree-granting institutions that are predominantlyorganized to educate students for trade, occupational, or technical careers)

Elise Scanlon, J.D., Executive Director
2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 302
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 247-4212
Fax: (202) 842-2585
Email: escanlon@accsct.org
www.accsct.org
 

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
(ACICS) (serves private postsecondary schools, junior colleges, and senior colleges that are predominantly organized to educate students for business careers, including master's degree programs in senior colleges of business as well as independent, freestanding institutions offering only graduate business and business-related programs at the master's degree level)

Stephen D. Parker, Executive Director
750 First Street, NE, Suite 980
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: (202) 336-6780
Fax: (202) 842-2593
Email: info@aclcs.org
www.acics.org
 

Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc.
(ACPEI)(serves basic, advanced, and supervisory clinical pastoral education programs)

Rev. Teresa E. Snorton, Executive Director
1549 Claremont Road, Suite 103
Decatur, Georgia 30033
Phone: (404) 320-1472
Fax: (404) 320-0849
Email: acpe@acpe.edu
www.acpe.edu
 

Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
(COMTA) (recognized by Utah State Legislature July 1998; has candidate status with U.S. Department of Education in hope of recognition in 2000; serves both private and public postsecondary institutions predominantly organized to educate students in basic and advanced massage therapy modalities)

Carol Ostendorf, Director
820 Davis Street, Suite 100
Evanston, IL 60201-4444
Phone: (847) 864-0123, ext. 47
Fax: (847) 864-1178
Email: costendorf@comta.org
www.comta.org

Distance Education and Training Council Accrediting Commission of the (DETC)
|(serves private and nonprivate distance education institutions at the degree and nondegree levels)

Michael P Lambert, Executive Director
1601 - 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-2529
Phone: (202) 234-5100
Fax: (202) 332-1386
E-mail: detc@detc.org
www.detc.org

Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
(serves Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)

Jean Avent Morse, Executive Director
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Phone: (215) 662-5606
Fax: (215) 662-5501
Email address: info@msache.org
www.msache.org
 

New England Association of Schools and Colleges
(serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

Charles Cook, Director
209 Burlington Road
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-1433
Phone: (781) 271-0022
Fax: (781) 271-0950
Email: ccook@neasc.org
www.neasc.org
 

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
(serves Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Steven D. Crow, Executive Director
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phones: (312) 263-0456 or (800) 621-7440
Fax: (312) 263-7462
Email address: info@ncacihe.org
www.ncacihe.org
 

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
(serves Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington)

Sandra E. Elman, Executive Director
11130 N.E. 33rd Place, Suite 120
Bellevue, Washington 98004
Phone: (425) 827-2005
FAX: (425) 827-3395
e-mail address: selman@u.washington.edu
 

Northwest Commission of Schools and of Colleges and Universities
(serves Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington)

Sandra E. Elman, Executive Director
8060 165th Ave. NE. Ste 100
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: (425) 558-4224
Fax: (425) 376-0596
Email: selman@nwccu.org
www.nwccu.org
 

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(serves California, Hawaii, Territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Commonwealth fo the Northern Mariana Islands, The Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Paulau)

Ralp Wolff, Executive Director
Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges & Universities
985 Atlantic Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
Phone: (510) 748-9001
Fax: (510) 748-9797
Email: wascsr@wasc.senior.org
www.wascweb.org

David B. Wolf, Executive Director
Accrediting Commission for Community & Junior Colleges
3402 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95403-2244
Phone: (707) 569-9177
Fax: (707) 569-9179
Email: accjc@aol.com
www.accjc.org