State Licensure

Florida

ECPI University is licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, Florida Department of Education. Additional information regarding this institution may be obtained by contacting the Commission at 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, toll-free telephone number (888) 224-6684.

North Carolina

ECPI University is licensed by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina to award degrees.

The State Authorization Unit of the University of North Carolina System Office serves as the official state entity to receive complaints concerning post-secondary institutions that are authorized to operate in North Carolina. If students are unable to resolve a complaint through the institution’s grievance procedures, they can review the Student Complaint Policy (PDF) and submit their complaint using the online complaint form at https://studentcomplaints.northcarolina.edu/form. 

For more information contact:

North Carolina Post-Secondary Education Complaints
223 S. West Street, Suite 1800
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 962-4550

To file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice, please visit the State Attorney General’s web page at: http://www.ncdoj.gov/complaint. North Carolina residents may call (877) 566-7226. Outside of North Carolina, please call (919) 716-6000. En Espanol (919) 716-0058. If you choose to mail a complaint, please use the following address:

Consumer Protection Division
Attorney General’s Office
Mail Service Center 9001
Raleigh, NC 27699-9001

South Carolina

ECPI University is licensed by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (1122 Lady Street, Columbia, SC 29201, telephone 803-737-2260, www.che.sc.gov).

Licensure by this Commission indicates only that minimum standards have been met and it is not an endorsement or guarantee of quality. Licensure is not equivalent to or synonymous with accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

For information regarding SC student complaints, please see the Student Complaint and Procedures Form from South Carolina Commission on Higher Education: https://che.sc.gov/sites/che/files/Documents/Institutions%20and%20Educators/Licensing/Student_Complaint_Procedures_and_Form_09192022.pdf.

South Carolina Commission on Higher Education can be contacted at:

SC Commission on Higher Education
Academic Affairs
1122 Lady Street, Suite 400
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: 803-737-2260
Website: https://che.sc.gov/

Texas

ECPI University, San Antonio is authorized by the Texas Higher Education coordinating Board to conduct courses, grant degrees, grant credit toward degrees, and to use certain protected academic terms in the State of Texas until expiration of its current grant of accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Students wishing to file a complaint with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may contact the Board at the following web address: https://www.highered.texas.gov/student-complaints/. The rules governing student complaints may be found in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code, Sections 1.110-1.120, at the following web address: http://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=19&pt=1&ch=1&sch=E&rl=Y

ECPI University has authority issued from the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia to offer degrees, courses for degree credit, and programs of study leading to a degree.

National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

ECPI University is an institutional participant in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA). SARA is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of post-secondary distance education course and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by post-secondary institutions based in another state. A directory of SARA states and institutions can be found at the following link: https://nc-sara.org/directory.

Note on student complaint resolution process: ECPI University’s Student Grievance Procedures can be found in the Catalog's Student Grievance Procedures section. These procedures are applicable to all students, including those taking distance education under the aegis of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA).

All students are first encouraged to seek and exhaust resolution of grievances/complaints with University officials or through the anonymous third-party system. If those processes do not resolve the issues, ECPI recognizes that in all matters related to SARA, any student may then communicate a grievance/complaint directly to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), as noted below.

Complete a Student Complaint Form from https://www.schev.edu/students/resources/student-complaints and submit the form to:

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)
Private and Out-of-State Postsecondary Education (POPE)
101 N. 14th Street, 9th floor
James Monroe Building
Richmond, VA 23219
Telephone: (804) 371-2285 Fax: (804) 225-2604