Herzing University Accreditation

Herzing University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

For further information, The Higher Learning Commission can be contacted by phone at 800-621-7440 or on the Commission’s website at: www.ncahlc.org.

Herzing University also holds the programmatic accreditations or approvals at selected locations as follows:

1. The Medical Assisting Programs at the Minneapolis and Akron Institute campuses are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
   • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
     1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756
     (727) 210-2350
2. The Medical Assisting programs at the Madison, New Orleans, and Online campuses and the Surgical Technology programs at the New Orleans and Orlando campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (www.abhes.org).
   • Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
     7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314 North, Falls Church, VA 22043
     (703) 917-9503
3. The Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting programs at the Minneapolis campus are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association (www.ada.org).
   • American Dental Association
     211 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2678
     (312) 440-2500
4. The Medical Billing and Insurance Coding program at the Minneapolis campus is approved by the American Health Information Management Association (www.ahima.org).
   • American Health Information Management Association
     213 N. Michigan Ave., 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60601-5809
     (312) 233-1100
5. The Associate of Science in Legal Assisting/Paralegal and the Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies at the Atlanta and New Orleans campuses are approved by the American Bar Association (www.abanet.org).
   • American Bar Association
     321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654-7598
     800-285-2221
6. The Associate of Science in Nursing at the Madison campus is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (www.nlnac.org).
   • National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.
     61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
     (212) 363-5555
7. Herzing University at Orlando has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association
   • 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
     (703)706-3245
     email: accreditation@apta.org
   Candidacy is not an accreditation status nor does it assure eventual accreditation. Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program is progressing toward accreditation.

Questions about accreditation? Herzing University can be contacted at 800-596-0724.