Higher Education Accreditation Information and Links

Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors

3304 North Broadway Street, #214
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 857-7900
Joseph Vibert, Executive Director
https://www.aspa-usa.org

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation

One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 854 
Washington , DC 20036–1110
(202) 955–6126
Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond is the new President of CHEA, Executive Director
https://www.chea.org 

Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC)

C-RAC represents the seven organizations responsible for the accreditation of roughly 3,000 of the nation’s colleges and universities.  These include:  the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of  Schools and Colleges, Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, New England Commission of Higher Education, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, WASC Senior College and University Commission. 
https://www.c-rac.org/

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Middle States Commission on Higher Education
1007 North Orange Street
4th Floor, MB #166
Wilmington, DE 19801
(267) 284-5011
Dr. Heather Perfetti, President
https://www.msche.org

New England Commission of Higher Education

3 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01830
(781) 425-7747
Dr. Lawrence M. Schall, President
https://www.neche.org

Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association

230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604-1413
(312) 263-0456  
Dr. Barbara Gellman-Danley, President
http://www.hlcommission.org

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

8060 165th Avenue, NE, Suite 100, Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 558-4224
Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, President
https://www.nwccu.org

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097
(404) 679-4512 
Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, President
https://www.sacscoc.org

U.S. Department of Education

https://www.ed.gov

WASC Senior College and University Commission

985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, 
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 748-9001
Ms. Jamienne S. Studley, President
http://www.wscuc.org

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

331 J Street
Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
(415) 506-0234
Dr. Stephanie Droker, President
https://www.accjc.org

Other Commissions of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
Commission of Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools

9115 Westside Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30009
678.392.2285
888.41EDNOW (888.413.3669)
770.346.9260 (main fax)
Dr. Mark A. Elgart, President
http://www.sacscasi.org

SHEEO Members for SACSCOC States

SHEEHO Members for SACSCOC States

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
340 Education Building
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 244-2155
https://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention