“Accreditation” is the primary means of assuring and improving the quality of higher education institutions and programs in the United States. Active for the past 100 years, this private, voluntary system of self-examination and peer review has been central to the creation of a U.S. higher education enterprise that is outstanding in many respects.

-- Council for Higher Education Accreditation

The University of Missouri - Kansas City is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association.

The Higher Learning Commission
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 263-0456
http://www.ncahlc.org

The Higher Learning Commission accredits UMKC as a whole. Specific undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, are also accredited by other programmatic accrediting agencies. The accredited programs and their accrediting agencies are identified in the applicable academic unit and/or program information sections of the catalog.