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Northwest Shoals Community College

As of October 3, 2026
Former Name: As of 10/30/23 - Northwest-Shoals Community College requested that the "dash" be removed as part of rebranding. The institution should now be referenced as “Northwest Shoals Community College”. 7/25/2024 CCB

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. Jeff Goodwin
Address
800 George Wallace Blvd Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(256) 331-5200
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1994
Reaffirmation
2019
Distance Education Approval Date
February 1, 2007
Next Reaffirmation
2029
Next Fifth-Year Review
2034
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public
Full Accreditation History

Accreditation History

06/22/1994 – The Phil Campbell campus of Northwest Alabama Community College (accredited by SACSCOC in 1990) merged with Shoals Community College, Muscle Shoals, AL (accredited by SACSCOC in 1991), to form Northwest Shoals Community College

SACSCOC Staff Member

Holly Hart

Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2034 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2028 Reaffirmation Committee
  • 2028 Off-Site Review
  • 2026 Reaffirmation Orientation

Most Recent History with SACSCOC

  • 2025 Referral Report
  • 2024 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2024 Interim OCIS Visit

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.
  • Allen Thornton Career Technical Center
    200 Career Drive Florence, AL 35634 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Athens Bible School
    507 South Hoffman Street Athens, AL 35611 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Belgreen High School
    14220 Highway 187 Russellville, AL 35653 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Brooks High School
    4300 Highway 72 Killen, AL 35645 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Central High School
    3000 County Road 200 Florence, AL 35633 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Cherokee High School
    850 High School Drive Cherokee, AL 35616 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Colbert County High School
    2200 High School Street Leighton, AL 35646 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Colbert Heights High School
    6825 Woodmont Drive Tuscumbia, AL 35674 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Covenant Christian School
    1900 Covenant Drive Tuscumbia, AL 35674 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Deshler High School
    200 North Commons East Tuscumbia, AL 35674 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Lawrence High School
    55 County Road Trinity, AL 35673 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Florence High School
    1201 Bradshaw Drive Florence, AL 35630 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Franklin Co. Center for Technology
    14220 Highway 187 Russellville, AL 35653 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Haleyville High School
    2001 20th Street Haleyville, AL 35565 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Hatton High School
    6909 Alabama Highway 101 Town Creek, AL 35672 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Health Sciences Training Center
    2111 Cloyd Boulevard Florence, AL 35630 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lauderdale County High School
    201 Cedar Street Rogersville, AL 35652 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lawrence County Center of Technology
    178 College Street Moulton, AL 35650 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lawrence County High School
    102 College Street Moulton, AL 35650 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lawrence County Signature School
    937 Rosenwald Street Moulton, AL 35650 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Lawrence High School
    101 School Street Moulton, AL 35650 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Lexington High School
    101 School Street Lexington, AL 35648 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Mars Hill Bible School
    698 Cox Creek Parkway Florence, AL 35630 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Muscle Shoals Center for Technology
    3200 S Wilson Dam Hwy Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Muscle Shoals High School
    1900 Avalon Ave Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Phil Campbell Campus
    2080 College Road Phil Campbell, AL 35581 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Phil Campbell High School
    65 School Avenue Phil Campbell, AL 35581 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Phillips High School
    160 School Ave Bear Creek, AL 35543 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Red Bay High School
    800 8th Street SE Red Bay, AL 35582 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Rogers High School
    300 Rogers Lane Florence, AL 35634 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Russellville High School
    1865 Waterloo Rd Russellville, AL 35653 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Sheffield High School
    2800 E 19th Avenue Sheffield, AL 35660 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Shoals Campus
    800 George Wallace Blvd. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Shoals Christian High School
    301 Heathrow Drive Florence, AL 35630 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Tharptown High School
    255 County Rd Russellville, AL 35654 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Vina High School
    8250 County Hwy 23 Vina, AL 35693 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Wilson High School
    7601 Highway 17 Florence, AL 35634 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Winston Career Academy
    1122 County Road 24 Double Springs, AL 35553 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Winston County High School
    122 Co. Rd 24 Double Springs, AL 35553 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% 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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