{"id":452,"date":"2021-09-24T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/accreditation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:43:43","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Institutional Research &amp; Assessment Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/institutional-research\/about-institutional-research\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Institutional Research<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Assessment<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/institutional-research\/information-request-form\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Information Request Form<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/institutional-research\/internal-external-surveys\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Internal &#038; External Surveys<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/institutional-research\/staff\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Office of Institutional Research &#038; Assessment Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-accreditation\">Accreditation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Butler University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact information for Higher Learning Commission:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>800-621-7440&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Higher Learning Commission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hlcommission.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Higher Learning Commission website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlcommission.org\/component\/directory\/?Itemid=&amp;Action=ShowBasic&amp;instid=1178\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Higher Learning Commission Statement of Affiliation Status\">Statement of Affiliation Status<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-state-authorization\">State Authorization<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;max-width:150px;max-height:166px;\"><div style=\"position: relative;padding-bottom: 110.67%;height: auto;overflow: hidden;\"><iframe id=\"HLC\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.yoshki.com\/badgeframe?34\" style=\"overflow: hidden;border:0px; 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Related Educational Programs (CACREP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Programs in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are accredited by these associations:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acpe-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arc-pa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butler University is&nbsp;a fully accredited institutional member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nasd.arts-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nasm.arts-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of Schools of Music&nbsp;(NASM)<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nast.arts-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of Schools of Theatre&nbsp;(NAST)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some Programs in the Department of Chemistry are accredited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACS, the American Chemical Society<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":454,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accreditation | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accreditation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Academics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/butleruniversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-24T15:43:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/08093501\/butler-social.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@butleru\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/\",\"name\":\"Accreditation | Butler University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-24T16:14:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-24T15:43:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/institutional-research\/assessment\/accreditation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Institutional Research &amp; 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