CONTACT
Higher Learning Commission
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
Phone: 800-621-7440.
Nicolet College has been accredited for more than 30 years by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
An HLC accreditation team last visited the college in 2005 to review the college's academic standards and achievements as well as its operational effectiveness. That review resulted in the college receiving the HLC's highest level of accreditation: a 10-year term with no need for follow-up visits or reports during that time.
Receiving accreditation is vital for a college, for only then will the college's credits transfer to other institutions, students receive federal financial aid, and employers know graduates were held to high academic standards.
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an independent corporation and one of two Commission members of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), which was founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. The Higher Learning Commission accredits, and thereby grants membership in the Commission and in the North Central Association, to degree-granting educational institutions in the North Central region: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.