Reed College is a member institution with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Reed College's accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. NWCCU’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on 2018 was to reaffirm accreditation. NWCCU is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).