Accreditation Status

City College of San Francisco is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 428 J Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814, (415) 506-0234. ACCJC is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) as a reliable authority regarding the quality of education offered by the institutions it accredits in keeping with the Higher Education Act of 1965.  ACCJC is also recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), which has established criteria that define a quality review system for accrediting agencies.

ACCJC accredits institutions in the United States, its territories and affiliates, with a primary mission of granting associate degrees; institutions accredited by ACCJC may also award certificates and other credentials, including bachelor's degrees, if those credentials are within the institution's mission and authorized by their governmental authorities. ACCJC may also credit non-domestic institutions with a primary mission of granting associate degrees. Additional information about accreditation, including the filing of complaints against member institutions, can be found at: www.accjc.org.

January 2024 ACCJC Action letter and Team Report

Accreditation Update

On January 16, the College received ACCJC's action letter and Peer Review Team Report based on the comprehensive review process. ACCJC has issued a sanction of warning to the College. 

At this time, the College remains accredited through the warning period and will have an opportunity to address the deficiencies by submitting a follow-up report to ACCJC in Spring 2025. A peer review team will conduct a subsequent site visit.

For more information, please see ACCJC's Policy on Commission Actions on Institutions.

The draft follow-up report is a work in progress, and we will update it over the next three months, which will include adding evidence. 

Draft Follow-Up Report to ACCJC

If you would like to share feedback on the draft, please do so through your collegial or participatory governance constituent leadership (Academic Senate, Associated Students Executive Council, Classified Senate, Administrators Association).

Our follow-up site visit is currently scheduled for March 28, 2025. 

Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER)

To access the evidence links within the ISER, you will need to be logged into Microsoft 365 with your CCSF email address. 

If you have trouble accessing any of the evidence links, please contact InstitutionalDevelopment@ccsf.edu.

2023 Institutional Self Evaluation Report

Program Accreditors

Complaint Process

Students and members of the public who desire to file a formal complaint to the Commission about one of its member institutions should become familiar with the requirements for doing so prior to contacting the Commission. You can learn about them on the ACCJC Website.