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Undergraduate Bulletin 2023-2024 
    
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Accreditation and Institutional Memberships


Loras College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In addition to regional accreditation, a number of specific academic programs are accredited through external professional organizations. The undergraduate teacher education program is accredited by the Iowa Department of Education. The Council on Social Work Education has accredited the social work major at the baccalaureate level. The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) has accredited the graduate athletic training program and the engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Loras College is also on the list of colleges approved by the Association of American Universities.

Loras holds membership in the following professional associations:

American Association of Catholic Colleges & Universities
1 Dupont Circle, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.accunet.org/
Telephone: (202) 457-0650
Fax: (202) 728-0977

Council of Independent Colleges
One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 320
Washington, DC 20036-1142
http://www.cic.edu/
Telephone: (202) 466-7230
Fax: (202) 466-7238

The Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604-1413
http://www.higherlearningcommission.org/
Phone: (800) 621-7440 / (312) 263-0456
Fax: (312) 263-7462

Iowa Academy of Science
175 Baker Hall - UNI
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0508
Phone: 319-273-2021
Fax: 319-273-2807
Email: iascience@uni.edu

Iowa Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Dawn Behan, President 2022-2024
Mt. Mercy University
http://iowacte.org/
Email: dbehan@mtmercy.edu

Iowa Association of Independent Colleges & Universities
505 5th Avenue, Suite 1030
Des Moines, IA 50309
http://www.iaicu-icf.edu/
Telephone: (515) 282-3175
Fax: (515) 282-9508

Iowa College Foundation
505 5th Avenue, Suite 1034
Des Moines, IA 50309
http://www.iowacollegefoundation.org/
Telephone: (515) 282-0473
Fax: (515) 282-9508

National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities
1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036-5405
http://www.naicu.edu/
Telephone: (202) 785-8866
Fax: (202) 835-0003

National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)
3005 Center Green Drive, Suite 130
Boulder, CO 80301
https://www.nc-sara.org/
Telephone: (720) 680-1600