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.
- Waukesha County Technical College - Pewaukee, WI
- Wayne County Community College District - Detroit, MI
- Wayne State College - Wayne, NE
- Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
- Webster University - St. Louis, MO
- West Liberty University - West Liberty, WV
- West Shore Community College - Scottville, MI
- West Virginia Northern Community College - Wheeling, WV
- West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine - Lewisburg, WV
- West Virginia State University - Institute, WV
- West Virginia University - Morgantown, WV
- West Virginia University at Parkersburg - Parkersburg, WV
- West Virginia Wesleyan College - Buckhannon, WV
- Western Colorado University - Gunnison, CO
- Western Dakota Technical College - Rapid City, SD
- Western Illinois University - Macomb, IL
- Western Iowa Tech Community College - Sioux City, IA
- Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
- Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine - Kalamazoo, MI
- Western Nebraska Community College - Scottsbluff, NE
- Western New Mexico University - Silver City, NM
- Western Oklahoma State College - Altus, OK
- Western Technical College - La Crosse, WI
- Western Wyoming Community College - Rock Springs, WY
- Westminster College - Fulton, MO
- Wheaton College - Wheaton, IL
- Wheeling University - Wheeling, WV
- White Earth Tribal & Community College - Mahnomen, MN
- Wichita State University - Wichita, KS
- Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology - Wichita, KS
- Wilberforce University - Wilberforce, OH
- William Jewell College - Liberty, MO
- William Penn University - Oskaloosa, IA
- William Woods University - Fulton, MO
- Williams Baptist University - Walnut Ridge, AR