The Higher Learning Commission accredits institutions in: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming.

*Name change: Allen College of Nursing to Allen College (9/3/97)

*Name change: Briar Cliff College to Briar Cliff University (6/1/01)

**Prior to 1936 an affiliate of Luther College; merged with Luther College in 1936

*Name change: University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences to Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center (9/18/99)

**AS OF 1983, INCLUDED IN THE ACCREDITATION OF EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

*Name change: Graceland College to Graceland University (6/1/2000)

*Name change: Hawkeye Institute of Technology to Hawkeye Community College (7/1/93)

*Name change: Previously known as Fort Dodge Community College and Area V Community College-Fort Dodge Campus

*Name change: Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts to Iowa State University of Science and Technology (1959) to Iowa State University (1975)

**As of 1996, included in the accreditation of Iowa Valley Community College Disrict. Formerly Area Six Community College District-Ellsworth Community College

*Name change: American Institute of Commerce to Quest College (4/17/00) to Kaplan College (11/9/00) to Kaplan University (9/1/04)

*Name change: Dubuque College to Columbia College (1920) to Loras College (1939)

*Name change: Maharishi International University to Maharishi University of Management (7/27/95)

*Name change: Accreditation transferred from Mason City Junior College to North Iowa Area Community College (1968)

*Name change: Northwest Iowa Technical College to Northwest Iowa Community College (7/1/93)

**College closed in 1980. Student records are at the University of Iowa.

**IN 1979 MERGED WITH EASTERN IOWA CC DISTRICT--SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE

*Name change: Saint Ambrose College to Saint Ambrose University (4/27/87)

**College withdrew from candidacy 6/17/85. Student records are at the University of Iowa.

*Name change: St. Luke's College of Nursing and Health Sciences to St. Luke's College (7/1/01)

**As of 1990 included in the accreditation of the University of Dubuque.

*Name change: Iowa State Teachers College to State College of Iowa (1961) to University of Northern Iowa (1967)

**The College withdrew from Candidacy on April 4, 2008.

*Name change: Western Iowa Technical Community College to Western Iowa Tech Community College (1989)

*Name change: William Penn College to William Penn University (1/21/2000)