Consumer Protection Contacts

State Consumer Protection Agency Contacts

Alabama

Alabama Commission on Higher Education
Address: 101 E. Capitol Ave., Suite 300
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 334-242-1998
Website

Alaska

Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
Address: PO Box 110505
Juneau, AK 99811-0505
Phone: 907-465-6741
Website

American Samoa

Department of Legal Affairs
Phone: 684-633-4163
Website

Arizona

Arizona Attorney General
Address: 2005 N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2926
Phone: 602-542-5025
Website

Arizona State Private Post Secondary
Address: 1740 W. Adams
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-542-5709
Website

Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Address: 423 Main Street, Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-371-2000
Website

California

Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
Address: 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: 916-431-6959
Website
File a complaint

Colorado

Colorado Department of Higher Education
Address: 1600 Broadway, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 862-3001
Website
File a complaint

Connecticut

Connecticut Office of Higher Education
Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 510
Hartford, CT 06103-1841
Phone: 860-947-1800
Website
File a complaint

Delaware

Delaware Department of Education, Higher Education Office
Address: 401 Federal Street, Suite 2
(Federal & Loockerman Streets)
Dover, Delaware 19901
Phone: 302-735-4000
Website
SARA information

District of Columbia

Consumer Protection
Address: 1100 4th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone:  202-442-4400
Website

Florida

Commission for Independent Education
Address: 325 W Gaines Street, Suite 1414
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850-245-0505
Website

Georgia

Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission
Address: 2082 East Exchange Place, Suite 220
Tucker, GA 30084-5305
Phone: 770-414-3300
Website
Student complaint rules

Guam

Consumer Protection Division
Address: 590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901
Tamuning, Guam 96913
Phone: 671-475-3324
Website

Hawaii

Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program
Address: HPEAP Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 541
Honolulu, HI 96809
Phone: 808-587-3222
Website
Complaint process

Idaho

Idaho State Board of Education
Address: 650 West State St, 3rd floor
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208-334-2270
Website

Illinois

Illinois Board of Higher Education
Address: 1 North Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 333
Springfield, IL 62701-1377
Phone: 217-782-2551
Website

Indiana

Board for Proprietary Education
Address: Indiana Commission for Higher Education
101 West Ohio Street, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46204-4206
Phone: 317-232-1033
Website

Iowa

Iowa College Student Aid Commission
Address: 475 SW Fifth St., Suite D
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: 515-725-3400
Website
File a complaint

Kansas

Kansas Board of Regents
Address: Private Board of Regents
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 520
Topeka, KS 66612-1368
Phone: 785-430-4240
Website
File a complaint

Kentucky

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Address: 100 Airport Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-573-1555
Website
File a complaint

Louisiana

Louisiana Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Section
Address: 1885 N 3rd St
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-326-6465
Website

Board of Regents
Address: 1201 N. Third St., Suite 6-200
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 342-4253
Website

Maine

Maine Department of Education
Address: Maine DOE
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Phone: 207-624-6600
Website

Maryland

Maryland Higher Education Commission
Address: 6 North Liberty Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-767-3300
Website

Maryland Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
Address: 200 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-528-8662 / 888-743-0823

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Address: One Ashburton Place, Room 1401
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-994-6950
Website
File a complaint

Michigan

Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing
Address: Schools and Licensing
611 W. Ottawa
PO Box 30018
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-241-0199
Website
File a complaint

Minnesota

Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Address: 1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55108-5227
Phone: 651-642-0567
Website
File a complaint

Mississippi

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Address: 3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211
Phone: 601-432-6198
Website
Complaint process
File a complaint

Missouri

Missouri Department of Higher Education
Address: 205 Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 1469
Jefferson City, MO 65102-1469
Phone: 573-751-2361
Website
Complaint info

Montana

Montana University System
Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
Address: 560 N. Park Ave
PO Box 203201
Helena, MT 59620-3201
Phone: 406-449-9124
Website
File a complaint

Nebraska

Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Address: 140 N. 8th Street
Suite 300
PO Box 95005
Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone: 402-471-2847
Website
File a complaint  

Nevada

Commission of Postsecondary Education
Address: 4300 South Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada  89123
Phone: 702-486-7330
Website
Sara info
File a complaint

Office of the Attorney General
Address: 100 North Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1100
Website

New Hampshire

Department of Education- Division of Higher Education- Higher Education Commission
Address: 101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-3494
Website

New Jersey

Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
Address: 1 John Fitch Plaza,
10th Floor, PO Box 542,
Trenton, NJ 08625-0542
Phone: 609-292-4310
Website
Complaint form instructions

New Mexico

New Mexico Higher Education Department
Address: 2044 Galisteo Street, Suite 4
Santa Fe, NM  87505-2100
Phone: 505-476-8400
Website

New York

New York State Education Department, Office of College and University Evaluation
Address: 89 Washington Ave
Room 960 EBA
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: 518-474-1551
Website
File a complaint

North Carolina

North Carolina Post-Secondary Education Complaints, University of North Carolina General Administration
Address: 910 Raleigh Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2688
Phone: 919-962-4550
Website

North Dakota

North Dakota University System
Address: 10th Floor, State Capital
600 East Boulevard Ave, Dept. 215
Bismarck, ND 58505-0230
Phone: 701-328-2960
Email: ndus.office@ndus.edu
Website

Northern Mariana Islands

Office of the Attorney General
Phone: 670-237-7500
Website

Ohio

Ohio Board of Regents
Address: 25 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-466-6000
Website

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Address: 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405-225-9100
Website
File a complaint
Complaint info

Oregon

Higher Education Coordinating Commission
Address: 255 Capitol Street NE, Third Floor
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: 503-947-5716
Website

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Education, College, and Career Education
Address: 333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126
Phone: 717-783-6788
Website
File a complaint

Puerto Rico

State and Local Consumer Agencies in Puerto Rico
Phone:  787-722-7555
Website

Rhode Island

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
Address: 560 Jefferson Blvd.
Warwick, Rhode Island 02886-1304
Phone: 401-736-1100
Website
File a complaint

South Carolina

SC Commission on Higher Education
Address: 1122 Lady Street, Suite 400
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-737-2260
Website
File a complaint

South Dakota

Office of Attorney General
Division of Consumer Protection
Address: 1302 E Hwy 14 Suite 1
Pierre SD, 57501
Phone: 605-773-3215
Website

Tennessee

Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Address: 312 Rosa Parks Ave, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615-741-3605
Website
File a complaint

Texas

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Academic Affairs and Research
Address: 210 West 7th Street
Austin, TX  78701-2982
Phone: 512-499-4233
Website

U.S. Virgin Islands

State and Local Consumer Agencies in U.S. Virgin Islands
Phone:  340-773-2226
Website

Utah

Office of the Commissioner for Higher Education Utah System of Higher Education Board of Regents Building, The Gateway
Address: 60 S 400 W
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Phone: 801-646-4784
Website

Vermont

Vermont Agency of Education
Address: 1 National Life Drive, Davis 5
Montpelier, VT  05620-2501
Phone: 802-828-1130
Website
File a complaint

Virginia

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Address: 101 N. 14th St., 10th FL
James Monroe Building
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-225-2600
Website
File a complaint

Washington

Washington Student Achievement Council
Address: 917 Lakeridge Way SW
Olympia, WA 98502
Phone: (360) 753-7800
Website
Student complaint info
File a complaint

West Virginia

West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Address: 1018 Kanawha Boulevard, East – Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-558-4618
Website
SARA info
File a complaint

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Educational Approval Program – Department of Safety and Professional Services
Address: 4822 Madison Yards Way
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-266-2122 or 877-617-1565
Website
File a complaint

Wyoming

Wyoming Department of Education
Address: 122 W. 25th Street, Suite E200
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0050
Phone: 307-777-7675
Website

Updated: 5/31/2023