Higher Learning Commission - (HLC)
Degree granting institutions of higher education incorporated in or operating under federal authority in, the United States; and that have a substantial presence, as defined elsewhere in HLC policy, in the United States. This includes degree granting institutions operating within federally authorized sovereign nations that are authorized (licensed) by the same any state within the United States or such federally authorized sovereign nation to award higher degrees (including associate, baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degrees (both research and professional). (2021)
Please refer to the USDE website for their Recognized Scope of Accreditation here (https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html?src=more)
Recognized by
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
- U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
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United States
The institutions (programs) listed here have been accredited as of February 2025, as reported by the accrediting organization. As information about institutions (programs) that have obtained or lost their accreditation subsequent to this date has become available and verified, these institutions (programs) have been added or deleted.
- A. T. Still University of Health Sciences - Kirksville, MO
- Adams State University - Alamosa, CO
- Adler Graduate School - Minnetonka, MN
- Adler University - Chicago, IL
- Adrian College - Adrian, MI
- Aims Community College - Greeley, CO
- Air Force Institute of Technology - Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
- Albion College - Albion, MI
- Alexandria Technical and Community College - Alexandria, MN
- Allen College - Waterloo, IA
- Allen County Community College - Iola, KS
- Alma College - Alma, MI
- Alpena Community College - Alpena, MI
- Alverno College - Milwaukee, WI
- American College of Education - Indianapolis, IN
- American InterContinental University System - Chandler, AZ
- American Islamic College - Chicago, IL
- American Public University System - Charles Town, WV
- Anderson University - Anderson, IN
- Andrews University - Berrien Springs, MI
- Anoka Technical College - Anoka, MN
- Anoka-Ramsey Community College - Coon Rapids, MN
- Antioch College - Yellow Springs, OH
- Antioch University - Yellow Springs, OH
- Appalachian Bible College - Mount Hope, WV
- Aquinas College - Grand Rapids, MI
- Arapahoe Community College - Littleton, CO
- Arizona Christian University - Glendale, AZ
- Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ
- Arizona Western College - Yuma, AZ
- Arkansas Baptist College - Little Rock, AR
- Arkansas Colleges of Health Education - Fort Smith, AR
- Arkansas Northeastern College - Blytheville, AR
- Arkansas State University - State University, AR
- Arkansas State University Mid-South - West Memphis, AR