New England Commission of Higher Education

The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit membership organization that performs peer evaluation and of public and privateuniversities and colleges in the United States and other countries. Until federal regulations changed on July 1, 2020, it was one of the seven organizations dating back 130 years. NECHE then became an institutional accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the .

Its headquarters are in Wakefield, Massachusetts. NECHE accredits over 200 institutions primarily in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.