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Georgia Northwestern Technical College

As of October 2, 2026

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Heidi K. Popham
Address
One Maurice Culberson Drive Rome, GA 30161
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
866-983-4682
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 2008
Reaffirmation
2023
Distance Education Approval Date
January 1, 2006
Next Reaffirmation
2033
Next Fifth-Year Review
2028
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public
Full Accreditation History

Accreditation History

12/08/2008 – Northwestern Technical College, Rock Spring, GA (accredited by SACSCOC in 1997), merged with Coosa Valley Technical College, Rome, GA (accredited by SACSCOC in 2006), to form Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Rome, GA.

SACSCOC Staff Member

John Donnelly

Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2028 Fifth-Year Interim Report

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Armuchee High School
    4203 Martha Berry Highway NW Rome, GA 30165 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Aviation Training Center
    127 Capitoline Drive Northeast Rome, GA 30165 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Calhoun
    632 Richardson Road Southeast Calhoun, GA 30701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Calhoun High School
    15 South River Street Calhoun, GA 30701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Catoosa County Campus
    120 College Park Drive Ringgold, GA 30736 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Catoosa County College and Career Academy - From Here to Career
    190 Catoosa Circle Ringgold, GA 30736 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Cedartown High School
    167 Frank Lott Drive Cedartown, GA 30125 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Chattooga Adult Learning Center
    152 Senior Drive Summerville, GA 30747 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Chattooga County Education Center
    286 Maple Drive Summerville, GA 30747 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Chattooga County High School
    989 Highway 114 Summerville, GA 30747 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Columbus Technical College Economic Development Training Center
    5330 Transport Boulevard Columbus, GA 31907 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Coosa High School
    4454 Alabama Highway Northwest Rome, GA 30165 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dade County High School
    300 Tradition Lane Trenton, GA 30752 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Floyd County Campus
    One Maurice Culberson Drive Rome, GA 30161 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Floyd County Schools' College & Career Academy
    100 Tom Poe Drive Rome, GA 30161 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Gordon Central High School
    335 Warrior Path Northeast Calhoun, GA 30703 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Gordon County Campus
    1151 Highway 53 Spur Calhoun, GA 30701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Gordon County College and Career Academy
    305 Beamer Road Calhoun, GA 30701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Gordon Lee High School
    105 Lee Circle Chickamauga, GA 30707 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Heritage High School
    3960 Poplar Springs Rd Ringgold, GA 30736 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • LaFayette High School
    5178 Round Pond Road LaFayette, GA 30728 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School
    1850 Battlefield Pkwy Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Model High School
    3252 Calhoun Road Northeast Rome, GA 30161 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Murray County High School
    1006 Green Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • North Murray High School
    2568 Mount Carmel Church Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Northwest Whitfield High School
    1651 Tunnel Hill Varnell Road Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Pepperell High School
    3 Dragon Drive Lindale, GA 30147 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Polk County Campus
    466 Brock Road Rockmart, GA 30153 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Ringgold High School
    29 Tiger Trail Ringgold, GA 30736 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rockmart High School
    990 Cartersville Highway Rockmart, GA 30153 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rome High School
    1000 Veterans Memorial Hwy Rome, GA 30161 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Sonoraville High School
    7340 Fairmount Highway Southeast Calhoun, GA 30701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Southern Crescent Technical College Fayette County Center
    250 Peachtree Parkway South Peachtree City, GA 30269 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • The Dalton Academy
    1250 Cross Plains Trail Dalton, GA 30720 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • The HON Company
    907 West Avenue Cedartown, GA 30125 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Trion High School
    919 Allgood St Trion, GA 30753 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Walker County Campus
    265 Bicentennial Trail Rock Spring, GA 30739 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Whitfield Murray Campus
    2300 Maddox Chapel Road Dalton, GA 30721 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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