Accreditation Requirements for Transfer Credit
Transfer credits are reviewed and accepted depending on the accreditation status of the college or university during your time of enrollment. Our office requires an official transcript be sent to the University for review.
You may visit the聽聽(CHEA) website to search for information regarding your institution's accreditation.
Regional Accreditation Commissions
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges accredits associate degree-granting institutions, with authorization to approve career or technically鈥搊riented baccalaureate degrees, in colleges in California, Hawaii, the Territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia,聽and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC)鈥�formerly North Central Association of Colleges and Schools鈥攁ccredits degree鈥揼ranting 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).
Historically, the HLC has accredited post鈥搒econdary education institutions in the central United States: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) accredits institutions聽which offer one or more postsecondary educational programs, including those offered via distance education, of at least one academic year in length at the Associate鈥檚 or higher level in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any other geographic areas in which the Commission elects to conduct accrediting activities within and outside of the United States.
The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) accredits institutions聽that award the bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and associate's degree鈥揼ranting 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.
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) accredits and pre-accredits (鈥淐andidacy status鈥�) postsecondary degree鈥揼ranting educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and internationally, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accredits聽degree-granting institutions of higher education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Latin America, and other CHEA鈥揳pproved international sites, including the accreditation of programs offered via distance and correspondence education within these institutions.
The聽WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSC美高梅官网) accredits institutions of higher education in the US and internationally that offer the baccalaureate degree or above.聽