Student Complaint Information by State and Agency
Among the complaint options available, students may file a complaint with their state of residence. State contact information is provided below with appropriate contacts from each state in which a student may file a complaint.
Alabama
Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education
ACCS Private School Licensing Division
Alaska
Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
Arizona
Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Arkansas State board of Private Career Education
California
California Department of Consumer Affairs
Colorado
Colorado Department of Higher Education and Private Occupational Schools
Connecticut
The Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education
Delaware
Delaware Department of Education
The Delaware Department of Education will investigate complaints. Such complaints must be in writing and verified by the signature of the person making the complaint. Oral, anonymous or unsigned complaints will not be investigated. Until the web site is functional, please write or call for more information. The Delaware Department of Education; Teacher and Administrator Quality; John W. Collette Resource Center; 35 Commerce Way; Dover, DE 19904. The Delaware Department of Education phone number is 302-857-3388.
District of Columbia
Education Licensure Commission
Florida
Commission for Independent Education-Department of Education
Georgia
Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission
Hawaii
Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program
Idaho
Idaho State Board of Education
Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Indiana
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
Indiana Commission on Proprietary Education
Iowa
Iowa College Student Aid Commission
Kansas
Kentucky
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education
Louisiana
Maine
Maine Department of Education, Office of Higher Education Services
Maryland
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Massachusetts
Office of Private Occupational School Education
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Michigan
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Minnesota
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Mississippi
Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation
Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration
Missouri
Missouri Department of Higher Education
Montana
Montana University System, Montana Board of Regents
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Education, Private Postsecondary Career Schools
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Nevada
Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education
New Hampshire
Department of Education, Division of Higher Education, Higher Education Commission
New Jersey
Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
New Mexico
New Mexico Higher Education Department
New York
Office of College and University Evaluation
Adult Career and Continuing Ed. Services
North Carolina
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors
The North Carolina Community College System (Office of Proprietary School Services)
North Dakota
North Dakota State Board for Career and Technical Education
North Dakota University System
Ohio
Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education
The Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools
Oregon
Office of Degree Authorization
Department of Education Private and Career Schools Office
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Council on Education
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education
South Carolina
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
South Dakota
Secretary of State (South Dakota Attorney General)
Tennessee
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Texas
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Utah
Utah Division of Consumer Protection
Vermont
Vermont State Board of Education
Virginia
Private & Out-of-State Postsecondary Education, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Washington
Washington Student Achievement Council
Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
West Virginia
West Virginia Education Policy Commission
West Virginia Council for Community & Technical College Education
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Educational Approval Board
Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Education
This listing was shared by WCET’s (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) State Authorization Network. State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) and WCET collaborated in directing the work of NCHEMS (National Center for Higher Education Management Systems) in gathering, updating, and compiling the information.