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Accreditations and Affiliations

Trinidad State College is accredited by:
The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
230 South LaSalle St., Suite 7-500
Chicago, Illinois 60602-1411
(800) 621-7440; (312) 263-0456
The most recent comprehensive evaluation for continued accreditation at the Associates degree-granting level occurred in 2016, with a result of continued ten-year accreditation.


Program Accreditations and governance:

  • Barbering and Cosmetology Programs
    Division of Professions and Occupations
    Department of Regulatory Agencies
    1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
    Denver, CO 80202
    Phone: (303) 894-7800
    Fax: (303) 869-0364
    Email: dora_barbers-cosmetology@state.co.us

  • Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy
    Criminal Justice Section-Colorado Peace Officers Standards and Training Board
    1300 Broadway, 9th Floor
    Denver, CO 80203
    Phone: (720) 508-6721
    Email: post@state.co.us

  • Early Childhood
    National Association for the Education of Young Children
    1313 L St. NW, Suite 500
    Washington, D.C. 20005
    (202) 232-8777; (800) 424-2460

  • Heavy Equipment-EPIC
    National Center for Construction Research and Education
    13614 Progress Boulevard
    Alachua, FL 32615
    Phone: (888) 622-3720
    Fax: (386) 518-6303

  • Nursing Program
    Colorado State Board for Nursing
    1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
    Denver, CO 80202
    Phone: (303) 894-2430
    Fax: (303) 894-2821
    Email: dora_nursingboard@state.co.us
    www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/nursing

  • The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
    3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
    Atlanta, Georgia 30326
    Phone: 1 (404) 975-5000
    Fax: 1 (404) 975-5020
    https://www.acenursing.org/

  • Nursing Assistant Program
    Colorado State Board for Nursing
    1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
    Denver, CO 80202
    Phone: (303) 894-2430
    Fax: (303) 894-2821
    Email: dora_nursingboard@state.co.us
    www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/nursing

  • Occupational Safety and Health Technology
    AAS degree is accredited Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET.
    415 North Charles Street
    Baltimore, MD 21201
    Phone: (410) 347-7700
    Fax: (410) 625-2238
    https://www.abet.org/

  • Welding-EPIC
    National Center for Construction Research and Education
    13614 Progress Boulevard
    Alachua, FL 32615
    Phone: (888) 622-3720
    Fax: (386) 518-6303