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.
- Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
- Northwood Technical College - Rice Lake, WI
- Northwood University - Midland, MI
- Notre Dame College - Cleveland, OH
- Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College - New Town, ND
- Oak Point University - Chicago, IL
- Oakland City University - Oakland City, IN
- Oakland Community College - Auburn Hills, MI
- Oakland University - Rochester, MI
- Oakton College - Des Plaines, IL
- Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
- Oglala Lakota College - Kyle, SD
- Ohio Christian University - Circleville, OH
- Ohio Dominican University - Columbus, OH
- Ohio Northern University - Ada, OH
- Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
- Ohio University - Athens, OH
- Ohio Wesleyan University - Delaware, OH
- Oklahoma Baptist University - Shawnee, OK
- Oklahoma Christian University - Edmond, OK
- Oklahoma City Community College - Oklahoma City, OK
- Oklahoma City University - Oklahoma City, OK
- Oklahoma Panhandle State University - Goodwell, OK
- Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, OK
- Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology-Okmulgee - Okmulgee, OK
- Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City, OK
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University - Bartlesville, OK
- Olivet Nazarene University - Bourbonnais, IL
- Oral Roberts University - Tulsa, OK
- Otero College - La Junta, CO
- Ottawa University - Ottawa, KS
- Otterbein University - Westerville, OH
- Ouachita Baptist University - Arkadelphia, AR
- Owens Community College - Toledo, OH
- Ozark Christian College - Joplin, MO