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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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.
- Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design - Denver, CO
- Rocky Vista University - Englewood, CO
- Rogers State University - Claremore, OK
- Roosevelt University - Chicago, IL
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science - North Chicago, IL
- Rose State College - Midwest City, OK
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, IN
- Rush University - Chicago, IL
- Sacred Heart Major Seminary - Detroit, MI
- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College - Mount Pleasant, MI
- Saginaw Valley State University - University Center, MI
- Saint Anthony College of Nursing - Rockford, IL
- Saint Augustine College - Chicago, IL
- Saint Charles Community College - Cottleville, MO
- Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing - Peoria, IL
- Saint Gregory the Great Seminary - Seward, NE
- Saint John's University - Collegeville, MN
- Saint Louis Community College - St. Louis, MO
- Saint Louis University - St. Louis, MO
- Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology - Wickliffe, OH
- Saint Mary's College - Notre Dame, IN
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota - Winona, MN
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College - St. Mary of the Woods, IN
- Saint Meinrad School of Theology - St. Meinrad, IN
- Saint Paul College-A Community & Technical College - Saint Paul, MN
- Saint Paul School of Theology - Leawood, KS
- Saint Xavier University - Chicago, IL
- Salem University - Salem, WV
- Salina Area Technical College - Salina, KS
- San Juan College - Farmington, NM
- Santa Fe Community College - Santa Fe, NM
- Sauk Valley Community College - Dixon, IL
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
- Schoolcraft College - Livonia, MI
- Seminole State College - Seminole, OK