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.
- Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Institute of Music - Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland State University - Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland University-Kansas City - Overland Park, KS
- Cloud County Community College - Concordia, KS
- Clovis Community College - Clovis, NM
- Cochise College - Sierra Vista, AZ
- Coconino County Community College - Flagstaff, AZ
- Coe College - Cedar Rapids, IA
- Coffeyville Community College - Coffeyville, KS
- Colby Community College - Colby, KS
- College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
- College for Financial Planning, Inc. - Centennial, CO
- College of DuPage - Glen Ellyn, IL
- College of Lake County - Grayslake, IL
- College of Menominee Nation - Keshena, WI
- College of Saint Benedict - Saint Joseph, MN
- College of Saint Mary - Omaha, NE
- College of the Muscogee Nation - Okmulgee, OK
- College of the Ozarks - Point Lookout, MO
- Colorado Christian University - Lakewood, CO
- Colorado College - Colorado Springs, CO
- Colorado Mesa University - Grand Junction, CO
- Colorado Mountain College - Glenwood Springs, CO
- Colorado Northwestern Community College - Rangely, CO
- Colorado School of Mines - Golden, CO
- Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
- Colorado State University-Global Campus - 585 Salida Way, CO
- Colorado State University-Pueblo - Pueblo, CO
- Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs, CO
- Columbia College - Columbia, MO
- Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
- Columbus College of Art and Design - Columbus, OH
- Columbus State Community College - Columbus, OH
- Community College of Aurora - Aurora, CO