Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a top tier national university in the Unites States.

IIT is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the regional accrediting body for all colleges and universities in the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Most undergraduate degrees offered in the Armour College of Engineering and in Computer Science are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Other accreditations include: the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB); the Illinois Board of Higher Education; the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE); the American Psychological Association (APA); the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB); the American Bar Association.

Ranking Profile:

- Ranked 111th among Tier 1 National Universities in the country (US News 2011).

- Illinois Institute of Technology has received the highest "green" rating among universities in Illinois, tied with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in "The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges".

- Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture is ranked among the top 15 undergraduate programs in the United States in the 11th annual America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools survey, released in the Design Future Council’s publication, DesignIntelligence. IIT Institute of Design’s (ID) graduate industrial design program is ranked 1st in a survey of deans and chairs of industrial design academic programs.

- According to the 2008 College Salary Report issued by PayScale, Inc., students who earn B.S. degrees in engineering from IIT rank No. 12 for highest mid-career and starting median salaries among graduates from U.S. engineering colleges.

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