Accreditation at OSU
UPCOMING ACCREDITATION YEAR
2025-2026; site visit date of April 20-21, 2026
A Mission & Vision
Building a strategy
Accreditation
Accreditation Information
Higher Learning Commission
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an independent corporation founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions.
Accredited OSU Programs
Area accreditation serves as a quality assurance process under which an external body evaluates services and operations of educational programs to determine if applicable standards are met. OSU holds more than 95 area accreditations across numerous fields of study.