Additional Resources for Filing Student Complaints
Student complaints can be filed by contacting the following agencies:
Higher Learning Commission
The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
230 North LaSalle Street
Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604
1-800-621-7440 or 312-263-0456 (Phone)
U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
1-800-872-5327 or 202-401-2000 (Phone)
Nebraska Department of Education
The Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
402-471-2295 (Phone)
Office for Civil Rights
Office for Civil Rights - Headquarters
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 509F HHH Bldg.
Washington, DC 20201
Alabama
Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education
135 South Union Street
Montgomery AL 36104-4340
http://www.accs.cc
Alaska
Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
PO Box 110505
Juneau, AK 99811-0505
EED.ACPE-IA@alaska.gov complaint request form
Arizona
Arkansas
Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board
114 East Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201
http://www.adhe.edu
California
California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
P.O. Box 980818
West Sacramento, CA 95798-0818
http://www.bppe.ca.gov/
Colorado
Connecticut
The Connecticut Office of Higher Education
61 Woodland St.
Hartford, CT 06105-2326
http://www.ctohe.org
Delaware
Delaware Department of Education
John G. Townsend Building
401 Federal Street
Dover, Delaware 19901
http://www.doe.k12.de.us
District of Columbia
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
810 First Street NE 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
http://www.doe.k12.de.us
Florida
Commission for Independent Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1414
Tallahassee, FL. 32399-0400
http://www.fldoe.org
Georgia
Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission
2082 E. Exchange Place, Suite 220
Tucker, GA 30084-5334
http://www.gnpec.org
Hawaii
Idaho
State Coordinator for Private Colleges & Proprietary Schools
Idaho State Board of Education
650 W. State St
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0037
harv.lyter@osbe.idaho.gov
http://www.boardofed.idaho.gov
Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
431 East Adams Street, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62701
Complaints must be in submitted in writing : info@ibhe.org
Indiana
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
101 West Ohio Street, Suite 550
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1984
http://www.in.gov
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 320
Frankfort, KY, 40601
http://cpe.ky.gov
Louisiana
The Louisiana State Attorney General
Consumer Protection Section
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005
http://www.ag.state.la.us
Maine
Maine Department of Education
Office of Higher Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Harry.osgood@maine.gov
Maryland
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
One Ashburton Place, Room 1401
Boston, MA 02108
http://www.mass.edu
Michigan
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Commercial Services, Licensing Division
Proprietary School Unit
PO Box 30714
Lansing, MI 48909
http://www.michiganps.net
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Montana Office of Consumer Protection
2215 11th Avenue
P.O. Box 200151
Helena, MT 59620-0151\
https://doj.mt.gov
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Education
Department of Higher Education
101 Pleasant ST
Concord, NH 03301-3494
http://www.education.nh.gov
New Jersey
State of New Jersey Higher Education
20 West State Street, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 542
Trenton, NJ 08625-0542
http://www.state.nj.us
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Post-Secondary Education Complaints office
Director of Licensure and Workforce Studies
University of North Carolina, General Administration
910 Raleigh Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
studentcomplaint@northcarolina.edu
North Dakota
Office of Attorney General
Gateway Professional Center
1050 East Interstate Av, Suite 200
Bismarck, ND 58503
http://www.ag.state.nd.us
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Academic Affairs Office
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
http://www.okhighered.org
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Postsecondary and Adult Education
333 Market St, 12th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
http://www.portal.state.pa.us
Rhode Island
Commissioner of Higher Education
RI Office of Higher Education
80 Washington Street, Suite 524
Providence, RI 02903
http://www.ribghe.org
South Carolina
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
Nonpublic Postsecondary Institution Licensing
1122 Lady Street, Suite 300
Columbia, SC 29201
http://www.che.sc.gov
South Dakota
South Dakota Attorney General’s Office
1302 E Hwy 14, Suite 1
Pierre, SD 57501-8501
http://www.atg.sd.gov
Tennessee
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Investigations Officer
404 James Robertson Parkway, Suite 1900
Nashville, TN 37243
http://www.tn.gov
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
101 N. 14th Street, 9th Floor
James Monroe Building
Richmond, VA 23219
http://www.schev.edu
Washington
West Virginia
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
1018 Kanawha Blvd., E. Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
https://www.wvhepc.org
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Education
2300 Capitol Avenue
Hathaway Building, 2nd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0050
http://edu.wyoming.gov