Accreditation at OSU
UPCOMING ACCREDITATION YEAR
2025-2026; site visit date of April 20-21, 2026
A Mission & Vision
Building a strategy
Oklahoma State strives to promote learning, advancement of knowledge, life enrichment
and economic development through teaching, research, extension, outreach and creativity. We're working to lead in the creation of a better Oklahoma, nation and world.
Accreditation
Oklahoma State University holds institutional accreditation with the Higher Learning
Commission, which is required for an institution to receive federal funding, for students
to obtain federally backed student loans or transfer credits, and to ensure academic
quality.
The Higher Learning Commission is the accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit degree-granting colleges and universities for the Midwest region of the United States. Accreditation is the process by which colleges, universities, and academic programs demonstrate their quality.
Oklahoma State strives to promote learning, advancement of knowledge, life enrichment and economic development through teaching, research, extension, outreach and creativity. Oklahoma State University is continuously working to lead in the creation of a better Oklahoma, nation and world.
The Action Letter is the certificate to verify this standing.
Externally Accredited Programs at OSU (PDF)
The Higher Learning Commission is the accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit degree-granting colleges and universities for the Midwest region of the United States. Accreditation is the process by which colleges, universities, and academic programs demonstrate their quality.
Oklahoma State strives to promote learning, advancement of knowledge, life enrichment and economic development through teaching, research, extension, outreach and creativity. Oklahoma State University is continuously working to lead in the creation of a better Oklahoma, nation and world.
The Action Letter is the certificate to verify this standing.
Externally Accredited Programs at OSU (PDF)
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.