The Art Institute of Seattle is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities ("NWCCU"), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. NWCCU can be reached at 8060 165th Avenue NE, Suite 100; Redmond, WA 98052.
The Art Institute of Seattle Associate of Applied Arts in Culinary Arts program is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the American Culinary Federation (ACF). ACF can be reached at 10 San Bartola Drive, St. Augustine, FL 32086.
The Art Institute of Seattle is licensed under Chapter 28c.10RCW; inquiries or complaints regarding this or any other private vocational school may be made to the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Building 17, Airdustrial Park, Post Office Box 43105; Olympia, WA 98504-3105, (360) 753-5673.
The provisions of the Degree Authorization Act, chapter 28B.85 RCW, do not apply to institutions that have received institutional accreditation from an agency recognized by the board, provided:
- The institution has been continuously offering degree program(s) in Washington for 15 years or more; and
- The institution was established originally within the state of Washington and has operated as the same organization continuously from that date until the present. An institution is considered to have operated as the same organization continuously if it has no significant alteration of primary location, ownership, or incorporation and no closure involving cessation of substantially all organized instructional and administrative activity; and
- The institution has been accredited as a degree-granting institution for 10 years or more by an accrediting association recognized by the federal government, and maintains such accreditation status; and
- The institution maintains eligibly to participate in Title IV financial aid programs. The Art Institute of Seattle satisfies these criteria for exemption from the Degree Authorization Act.
Any person desiring information about the requirements of the act or the applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board at Post Office Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430.
Selected academic programs of study at The Art Institute of Seattle are approved by the Higher Education Coordinating Board's State Approving Agency (HECB/SAA) for enrollment of those eligible to receive benefits under Title 38 and Title 10, U.S. Code.
The Art Institute of Seattle is authorized to enroll non-immigrant alien students.
The Art Institute of Seattle is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Art Institutes International, Inc., 210 Sixth Avenue, 33rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 562-0900.
