Accreditation Overview
Highlands University is again fully accredited by and in good standing with the Higher Learning Commission.
Faculty, staff, students, parents, and others from the general public with questions regarding HLC’s work should contact the Higher Learning Commission by email at info@hlcommission.org or by phone at 312-263-0456.
For Highlands-specific questions, please contact us at rktucker@nmhu.edu.
For additional information, please see the NMHU Institutional Accreditation web page.
Institutional Accreditation
Highlands University is fully accredited by and in good standing with the Higher Learning Commission.
The Higher Learning Commission accredits approximately 1,000 colleges and universities that have a home base in one of 19 states that stretch from West Virginia to Arizona. HLC is a private, nonprofit regional accrediting agency.
HLC’s mission is to assure and advance the quality of higher learning. It is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The institutions HLC accredits include public, private not-for-profit, and proprietary institutions at degree levels from the associate’s through the doctoral degree level and from small, specialized institutions through large research universities.
Faculty, staff, students, parents, and others from the general public with questions regarding HLC’s work should contact the Higher Learning Commission by email at info@hlcommission.org or by phone at 312-263-0456.
For Highlands-specific questions, please contact us at rktucker@nmhu.edu.
Program specific accreditation:
Several specific programs at Highlands University are also accredited by specialized accrediting agencies. These programs are listed below.
School of Business, Media and Technology
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
11520 West 119th Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
Accredited every 10 years; first accredited 1997; next accreditation 2027
ACBSP
Approval Letter
Institutional Report
School of Education
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
Rehabilitation Counseling
School Counseling
Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
500 Montgomery Street, Suite 350
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-535-5990
Accredited every 8 years; first accredited 2017; next accreditation 2023
State of New Mexico
New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED)
Higher Education Department (HED)
120 S Federal PI STE 105
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-476-8400
Accredited every 6 years, first accredited in 2012, next accreditation 2022
NMPED EARS Report
TITLE II REPORTS: National Teacher Preparation Data
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), Previously NCATE
1140 19th St, Suite 400
Washington DC, 20036
Accredited every 6 years; first accredited in 2012; next accreditation 2026
Chemistry Program
American Chemical Society
1155 Sixteenth Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 800-333-9511
First approved 1950, next approval 2022
ACS
Approval Letter
Periodic Report
School of Social Work
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
BSW accredited every 8 years; first accredited in 1976; next accreditation 2028
MSW accredited every 8 years; first accredited in 1978; next accreditation 2028
CSWE
BSW Approval Letter
MSW Approval Letter
Nursing Program
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
CCNE
655 K Street, NW Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001
P 202-887-6791
F 202-887-8476
Accredited every 10 years; first accredited in 2009; next accreditation 2024
CCNE
Approval Letter
Periodic Report
CCNE-Accreditation-Update-Letter-2018.pdf
Psychology Masters Program, Clinical/Counseling Track
Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council
595 New Loudon Road, #265
Latham, NY 12110
Accredited every 8 years; first accredited in 2011; next accreditation May 2022
MPCAC
Approval Letter
Interim Report
Forestry Major, Management and Wildland Fire Concentrations
Society of American Foresters
2121 K Street, NW, Suite 315
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 301.897.8720
First accredited 2014, last site visit and accreditation review 2019, next site visit and accreditation review 2030
Society of American Foresters’ Eforester Accreditation Webpage
2022 Forestry, Urban Forestry, and Natural Resources and Ecosystem Management Programs