New England Commission of Higher Education - (NECHE)
The accreditation of institutions that award the bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and associate's degree-granting institutions that include in their offerings at least one program in liberal studies or another area of study widely available at the baccalaureate level of regionally accredited colleges and universities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and internationally. (2013)
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)
301 Edgewater Place
Suite 210
Wakefield, MA 01880
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.
- U.S. Naval War College - Newport, RI
- United States Coast Guard Academy - New London, CT
- Unity Environmental University - New Gloucester, ME
- University of Bridgeport - Bridgeport, CT
- University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT
- University of Hartford - West Hartford, CT
- University of Maine - Orono, ME
- University of Maine at Augusta - Augusta, ME
- University of Maine at Farmington - Farmington, ME
- University of Maine at Fort Kent - Fort Kent, ME
- University of Maine at Presque Isle - Presque Isle, ME
- University of Maine System - Orono, ME
- University of Massachusetts Amherst - Amherst, MA
- University of Massachusetts Boston - Boston, MA
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Worcester, MA
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - North Dartmouth, MA
- University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA
- University of New England - Biddeford, ME
- University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
- University of New Haven - West Haven, CT
- University of North America - Fairfax, VA
- University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI
- University of Saint Joseph - West Hartford, CT
- University of Southern Maine - Portland, ME
- University of Vermont - Burlington, VT
- Upper Valley Educators Institute - Lebanon, NH
- Urban College of Boston - Boston, MA
- Vermont College of Fine Arts - Montpelier, VT
- Vermont Law and Graduate School - South Royalton, VT
- Vermont State University - Randolph, VT
- Washington County Community College - Calais, ME
- Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA
- Wentworth Institute of Technology - Boston, MA
- Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT
- Western Connecticut State University - Danbury, CT