State Institutional Approval Agencies

State institutional compliance may be obtained by individual state by state compliance or by participation in reciprocity through State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA). Texas A&M University has been approved to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA).

State	Agency
Alabama	Alabama Commission on Higher Education
Alaska	Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
Arizona	Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education
Arkansas	Arkansas Division of Higher Education
California	California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
Colorado	Colorado Department of Higher Education
Connecticut	Connecticut Office of Higher Education
Delaware	Delaware Department of Education
District of Columbia	District of Columbia Higher Education Licensure Commission
Florida	Florida Commission for Independent Education
Georgia	Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission
Hawaii	Hawaii Postsecondary Education Authorization Program
Idaho	Idaho State Board of Education
Illinois	Illinois Board of Higher Education
Indiana	Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Iowa	Iowa College Student Aid Commission
Kansas	Kansas Board of Regents
Kentucky	Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Louisiana	Board of Regents, State of Louisiana
Maine	Maine Department of Higher Education
Maryland	Maryland Higher Education Commission
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Michigan	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Minnesota	Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Mississippi	Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Missouri	Missouri Department of Higher Education
Montana	Montana University System
Nebraska	Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Nevada	Nevada System of Higher Education
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Department of Education
New Jersey	New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
New Mexico	New Mexico Higher Education Department
New York	New York State Education Department
North Carolina	North Carolina Secretary of State
North Dakota	North Dakota University System
Ohio	Ohio Department of Higher Education
Oklahoma	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Oregon	Oregon Office of Degree Authorization
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Department of Education
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
South Carolina	South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
South Dakota	South Dakota Secretary of State
Tennessee	Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Texas	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Utah	Utah Division of Consumer Protection
Vermont	Vermont Agency of Education
Virginia	Virginia State Council of Higher Education
Washington	Washington Student Achievement Council
West Virginia	West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Educational Approval Board
Wyoming	Wyoming Department of Education