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.
- Catholic International University - Charles Town, WV
- Cedarville University - Cedarville, OH
- Central Arizona College - Coolidge, AZ
- Central Baptist College - Conway, AR
- Central Baptist Theological Seminary - Shawnee, KS
- Central Christian College of Kansas - McPherson, KS
- Central College - Pella, IA
- Central Community College - Grand Island, NE
- Central Lakes College - Brainerd, MN
- Central Methodist University - Fayette, MO
- Central Michigan University - Mount Pleasant, MI
- Central New Mexico Community College - Albuquerque, NM
- Central Ohio Technical College - Newark, OH
- Central State University - Wilberforce, OH
- Central Wyoming College - Riverton, WY
- Century College - White Bear Lake, MN
- Chadron State College - Chadron, NE
- Chamberlain University - Addison, IL
- Charles Stewart Mott Community College - Flint, MI
- Chicago State University - Chicago, IL
- Chicago Theological Seminary - Chicago, IL
- Chippewa Valley Technical College - Eau Claire, WI
- Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences - Cincinnati, OH
- Christian Theological Seminary - Indianapolis, IN
- Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science - Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnati State Technical and Community College - Cincinnati, OH
- City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College - Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S. Truman College - Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College - Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College - Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College - Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J. Daley College - Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College - Chicago, IL
- Clark State College - Springfield, OH
- Clarke University - Dubuque, IA