Accrediting Agencies

Columbia College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and holds approvals or programmatic accreditation from the following:

The Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604-1411 Phone: (312) 263-0456 or (800) 621-7440 E-mail: info@hlcommission.org	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: (573) 751-4212 E-mail: C ommunications
Missouri State Board of Nursing P. O. Box 656 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0656 Phone: (573) 751-0681 E-mail: nursing@pr.mo.gov	Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 887-6791 Website: https://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326 Phone: (404) 975-5000 Website: https://www.acenursing.org/	Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) 8101 College Blvd #100 Overland Park, KS 66210 Phone: (913) 339-9356 Website: https://acbsp.org/
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 400 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 683-8080 Email: info@cswe.org Columbia College is in Pre-Candidacy accreditation status for the Master of Social Work program.

Principles of Excellence: Columbia College fully complies with Executive Order 13607 establishing Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses and Other Family Members. The College is dedicated to continuing our long-standing partnership with military and veteran communities.