Accreditation
Accreditation ensures stakeholders that an educational institution meets acceptable standards of quality. Through an ongoing process of self-study and external peer review, accreditation affirms the College and its programs are of the highest standards as recognized by historically regional, state, and programmatic accreditors. Mercy College of Ohio is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), an accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and authorized by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. Several of the College's programs of study are accredited by specialized accrediting agencies.
Institutional Accreditation
The Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604-1411
Phone: 800-621-7440
Phone: 312-263-0456
Fax: 312-263-7462
hlcommission.org
Complaints to The Higher Learning Commission
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has established a clear distinction between individual grievances and complaints that appear to involve broad institutional practices. Where a complaint does raise issues regarding the institution’s ongoing ability to meet the Criteria of Accreditation, the Commission forwards the complaint to the institution and requests a formal response.
inquiry@hlcommission.org
HLC complaints webpage: https://www.hlcommission.org/Students-Communities/complaints.html.
State Authorization
Ohio Department of Higher Education
25 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-466-6000
Fax: 614-466-5866
highered.ohio.gov
Complaints to The Ohio Department of Higher Education
The Ohio Department of Higher Education is responsible for responding to formal complaints against public, independent non-profit, and proprietary institutions of higher education in Ohio. While the Ohio Department of Higher Education has limited authority over colleges and universities and cannot offer legal advice or initiate civil court cases, their staff will review submitted complaints and work with student complainants and institutions.
https://highered.ohio.gov/students/current-college-students/student-complaints
Complaints to The Ohio Attorney General
The Ohio Attorney General reviews general consumer complaints about business, non-profit, and public entities. More information is available via the Attorney General’s office and website.
Ohio Attorney General
30 East Broad St., 14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
General: 800-282-0515
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Individuals-and-Families/Consumers/File-a-Complaint
Program Accreditations and Approvals
The following are programmatic or specialized accreditors:
Master of Science in Nursing
The Master of Science in Nursing Program at Mercy College of Ohio is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
655 K Street, NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 887-6791
www.ccneaccreditation.org
Master of Physician Assistant Studies
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Mercy College of Ohio Master of Physician Assistant Studies sponsored by Mercy College of Ohio. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students. Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class. The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at http://www.arc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Accreditation-History-Mercy-College-OH.pdf.
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)
3325 Paddocks Parkway
Suite 345
Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone: 770-476-1224
www.arc-pa.org