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.
- 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
- Seward County Community College - Liberal, KS
- Shawnee Community College - Ullin, IL
- Shawnee State University - Portsmouth, OH
- Shepherd University - Shepherdstown, WV
- Siena Heights University - Adrian, MI
- Simpson College - Indianola, IA
- Sinclair Community College - Dayton, OH
- Sinte Gleska University - Mission, SD
- Sisseton Wahpeton College - Sisseton, SD
- Sitting Bull College - Fort Yates, ND
- Sonoran University of Health Sciences - Tempe, AZ
- South Arkansas College - El Dorado, AR
- South Central College - North Mankato, MN
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Rapid City, SD
- South Dakota State University - Brookings, SD
- South Suburban College of Cook County - South Holland, IL
- Southeast Arkansas College - Pine Bluff, AR
- Southeast Community College Area - Lincoln, NE
- Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences - Cape Girardeau, MO
- Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau, MO
- Southeast New Mexico College - Carlsbad, NM
- Southeast Technical College - Sioux Falls, SD
- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington, IA
- Southeastern Illinois College - Harrisburg, IL
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University - Durant, OK
- Southern Arkansas University - Magnolia, AR
- Southern Arkansas University Tech - Camden, AR