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National Accrediting Agencies
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
- Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET)
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges (ACCSC)
- Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS)
- Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA)
- Council on Occupational Education (COE)
- Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)
- National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts & Sciences (NACCAS)
- Transnational Association of Christian Colleges & Schools (TRACS)
Government Organizations
Publications
State Associations
- Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (AAICU)
- Arizona Private School Association
- California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools
- Colorado Association of Career Colleges and Schools
- Association of Connecticut Career Schools
- Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges
- Northwest Career Colleges Idaho nwccidaho.org
- Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program (HPEAP)
- Indiana Association of Private Career Schools
- Kentucky Association of Career Colleges and Schools
- Louisiana Association of Private Colleges and Schools
- Maryland Association of Private Colleges and Career Schools
- Massachusetts Association of Private Career Schools
- Minnesota Career College Association
- Mississippi Association of Proprietary Schools
- Missouri/Kansas Association of Private Career Colleges and Schools
- New England Private Career School Association
- New York ~ Association of Proprietary Colleges
- The Coalition of New York State Career Schools
- Private Career School Association of New Jersey
- North Carolina Association of Career Colleges and Schools
- Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools
- Oregon: Northwest Career Colleges Federation (Washington, Oregon, Idaho)
- Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators
- Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools
- Career Colleges and Schools of Texas
- Utah Association of Private Sector Colleges & Universities
- Virginia Career College Association
- Northwest Career Colleges Federation (Washington, Oregon, Idaho)
- Wisconsin Council for Independent Education ~ Katie Misukanis, President
Regional Accrediting Agencies
- Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC)
- Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
- New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
- WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)
National Associations
- Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU)
- American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS)
Professional Contacts
State Agencies
- Alabama Community College System, Private School Licensure Division
- Alabama Commission on Higher Education
- Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
- Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education
- Arkansas Department of Higher Education
- Arkansas State Board of Private Career Education
- California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
- Colorado Department of Higher Education
- Colorado Division of Private Occupational Schools
- Connecticut Office of Higher Education
- Delaware Department of Education, The Delaware Higher Education Office
- District of Columbia Higher Education Licensure Commission
- Florida Commission for Independent Education
- Georgia Nonpublic Education Commission
- Hawaii Postsecondary Education Authorization Program (HPEAP)
- Idaho State Board of Education
- Illinois Board of Higher Education
- Indiana Office for Career and Technical Schools
- Indiana Commission for Higher Education
- Indiana Department of Workforce Development
- Iowa College Student Aid Commission
- Kansas Board of Regents
- Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education
- Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
- Louisiana Board of Regents
- Maine Department of Higher Education
- Maryland Higher Education Commission
- Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
- Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
- Minnesota Office of Higher Education
- Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation
- Mississippi Commission of Proprietary School and College Registration
- Missouri Department of Higher Education
- Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
- Nebraska Department of Education- Private Postsecondary Career Schools
- Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
- Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education
- New Hampshire Department of Education, Division of Educator Support and Higher Education
- New Jersey Center for Occupational Employment Information
- New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
- New Mexico Higher Education Department
- New York Office of College and University Evaluation
- New York Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision
- North Carolina Board of Governors
- North Carolina Community College System-Office of Proprietary Schools
- North Dakota University System
- North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education
- Ohio Department of Higher Education
- Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools
- Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education
- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
- Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools
- Oregon Department of Education Private and Career Schools Office
- Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
- Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Puerto Rico State Department- Board of Postsecondary Institutions
- Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
- South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
- South Dakota Secretary of State
- Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Utah Division of Consumer Protection
- Vermont Agency of Education
- Virginia State Council of Higher Education
- Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
- Washington Student Achievement Council
- West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
- West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
- Wisconsin Educational Approval Board
- Wyoming Department of Education
- The Virgin Islands Department of Education
