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.
- Muskegon Community College - Muskegon, MI
- Muskingum University - New Concord, OH
- Naropa University - Boulder, CO
- National American University - Rapid City, SD
- National Louis University - Chicago, IL
- National Park College - Hot Springs, AR
- National University of Health Sciences - Lombard, IL
- Navajo Technical University - Crownpoint, NM
- Nazarene Bible College - Colorado Springs, CO
- Nebraska Indian Community College - Macy, NE
- Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health - Omaha, NE
- Nebraska Wesleyan University - Lincoln, NE
- Neosho County Community College - Chanute, KS
- New Mexico Highlands University - Las Vegas, NM
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology - Socorro, NM
- New Mexico Junior College - Hobbs, NM
- New Mexico Military Institute - Roswell, NM
- New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM
- New Mexico State University Alamogordo - Alamogordo, NM
- New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Community College - Las Cruces, NM
- New River Community and Technical College - Beaver, WV
- Newman University - Wichita, KS
- Nicolet Area Technical College - Rhinelander, WI
- Normandale Community College - Bloomington, MN
- North Arkansas College - Harrison, AR
- North Central College - Naperville, IL
- North Central Michigan College - Petoskey, MI
- North Central Missouri College - Trenton, MO
- North Central State College - Mansfield, OH
- North Central University - Minneapolis, MN
- North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
- North Dakota State University - Fargo, ND
- North Hennepin Community College - Brooklyn Park, MN
- North Iowa Area Community College - Mason City, IA
- North Park University - Chicago, IL