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 March 2024, 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.
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale - Carbondale, IL
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - Edwardsville, IL
- Southern Nazarene University - Bethany, OK
- Southern State Community College - Hillsboro, OH
- Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College - Mount Gay, WV
- Southwest Baptist University - Bolivar, MO
- Southwest Minnesota State University - Marshall, MN
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College - Fennimore, WI
- Southwestern Christian University - Bethany, OK
- Southwestern College - Winfield, KS
- Southwestern College - Santa Fe, NM
- Southwestern Community College - Creston, IA
- Southwestern Illinois College - Belleville, IL
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute - Albuquerque, NM
- Southwestern Michigan College - Dowagiac, MI
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University - Weatherford, OK
- Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership - Chicago, IL
- Spoon River College - Canton, IL
- Spring Arbor University - Spring Arbor, MI
- St. Ambrose University - Davenport, IA
- St. Catherine University - St. Paul, MN
- St. Clair County Community College - Port Huron, MI
- St. Cloud State University - St. Cloud, MN
- St. Cloud Technical and Community College - St. Cloud, MN
- St. John's College - Santa Fe, NM
- St. John's College - Springfield, IL
- St. Luke's College - Sioux City, IA
- St. Norbert College - De Pere, WI
- St. Olaf College - Northfield, MN
- Stark State College - North Canton, OH
- State Fair Community College - Sedalia, MO
- State Technical College of Missouri - Linn, MO
- Stephens College - Columbia, MO
- Sterling College - Sterling, KS
- Tabor College - Hillsboro, KS