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For a full summary of the data read The Landscape of Higher Education in Prison
In the academic year 2020 - 2021
The National Directory includes:
406
Higher Education in Prison Programs
465
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589
Facilities
Number of programs by state:
10
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Alabama
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5
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Alaska
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15
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Arizona
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6
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Arkansas
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52
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California
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10
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Colorado
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16
in 
Connecticut
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5
in 
Delaware
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9
in 
District of Columbia
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14
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Florida
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19
in 
Georgia
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9
in 
Hawaii
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7
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Idaho
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17
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Illinois
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6
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Indiana
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11
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Iowa
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9
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Kansas
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6
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Kentucky
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8
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Louisiana
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6
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Maine
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11
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Maryland
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12
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Massachusetts
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14
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Michigan
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15
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Minnesota
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10
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Mississippi
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8
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Missouri
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3
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Montana
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5
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Nebraska
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8
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Nevada
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6
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New Hampshire
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9
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New Jersey
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8
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New Mexico
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34
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New York
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49
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North Carolina
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7
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North Dakota
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12
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Ohio
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9
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Oklahoma
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12
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Oregon
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22
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Pennsylvania
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2
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Puerto Rico
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6
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Rhode Island
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8
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South Carolina
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3
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South Dakota
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10
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Tennessee
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21
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Texas
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2
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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8
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Utah
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5
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Vermont
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13
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Virginia
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16
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Washington
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7
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West Virginia
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24
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Wisconsin
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5
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Wyoming
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programs Listed Alphabetically:
180 Re-entry Assistance Program (180 RAP)
Adams State University Prison Education Program (ASU-PEP)
Adult Education Reentry Programming
Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project
Alaska Department of Corrections
Alvin Community College - Texas Department of Criminal Justice Program
Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Prison Education Initiative
Antelope Valley College Prison Program
Ashland University Correctional Education Program
Attica-Genesee Teaching Project
Augustana Prison Education Program
Bard Prison Initiative
Bedford Hills College Program
Books Behind Bars: Life, Literature, and Leadership
Boston University Prison Education Program
Breaking into Print for the Incarcerated
Building Academic Skills in Correctional Settings at Barton Community College
CIU Prison Initiative
Calvin Prison Initiative
Campus Within Walls
Career Technical Education Prison Programs at Central Arizona College
Center For Community Transitions
Center for Prison Education
Cerro Coso Incarcerated Student Education Program
Certificate in Theological Studies at Arrendale State Prison
City University of New York Freedom Prep
Coastline College Hope Scholars Program
Colby College Across the Walls
College Gateway at Red Rocks Community College
College Inside
College in Prison Program at Feather River College
College in Prison Program at Solano Community College
College of Southern Nevada Prison Education Program
College of the Redwoods - Pelican Bay Scholars Program
Colorado Department of Corrections Education Programs
Colorado State University Pueblo Independent Study Program
Columbia College Incarcerated Students Program
Common Good Atlanta
Community College of Rhode Island/Department of Corrections Program
Community Education Project
Cornell Prison Education Program
Correctional Education Initiative
Correctional Education Program at Clarendon College
Correctional Education at Ohio University
Correctional Education at South Piedmont Community College
Correctional Education at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Corrections Education Program at Jackson College
Corrections Education at Centralia College
Corrections Education at the Washington Corrections Center for Women/Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women
Correspondence Education Courses Program
Correspondence at Rio Salado College
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Second Chance Pell Program
Criminal Justice Investment Initiative College in Prison Program
Davis Technical College Corrections Education Programs
DePaul University Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
DePauw University Pre-College Program (The Women's College Partnership at the Indiana Women's Prison)
Deer Ridge Correctional Institution (DRCI) Welding Program
Delta College Courses at Saginaw Corrections Facility
Denison Inside-Out Course
Des Moines Area Community College Higher Education in Prison
Distance Learning at California Coast University
Dominican University Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
Donnelly College Lansing Satellite Campus
Dornsife Prison Education Project
Drew University Partnership for Religion and Education in Prisons (PREP)
Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Prison Education
Education Justice Project
Emerson Prison Initiative
Entrepreneurial Network at Goodwin University
Exchange for Change
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Inmate Program
Florida Prison Education Project
Free to Succeed
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound
Furman Prison Education Partnership
Gatesville Service Area Center
Georgetown University Prison Scholars Program
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison
Georgia State University Prison Education Project
Goucher Prison Education Partnership
Graduate Correspondence Studies for Prisoners
Greenville University Prison Program
Hamilton-Herkimer College-in-Prison Program
Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Advocacy (HOPE)
Hawaii Department of Public Safety Corrections Education Program
Healing Broken Circles
Higher Education in Prison Program At Washington County Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program Calhoun Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Albion College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Arkansas State University - Newport
Higher Education in Prison Program at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Ashworth College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Augsburg University
Higher Education in Prison Program at Austin Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Beaufort County Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Bismarck State College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institution
Higher Education in Prison Program at Campbell University
Higher Education in Prison Program at Cape Fear Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Carteret Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Catawba Valley Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Central Carolina Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Chippewa Valley Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Clark College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Cleveland Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Cochise Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at College of the Albemarle
Higher Education in Prison Program at Craven Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Dallas College Mountain View Campus
Higher Education in Prison Program at Danville Area Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Davidson-Davie Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Dickinson State University
Higher Education in Prison Program at Durham Technical Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Eastern Arizona College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Eastern Wyoming College
Higher Education in Prison Program at El Camino College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Forsyth Technical Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Fox Valley Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Gaston College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Gateway Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Grays Harbor College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Halifax Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Isothermal Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at J.F. Ingram State Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Johnston Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Kapi'olani Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Lakeshore Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Lassen Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Lenoir Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Luna Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Madison Area Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Marion Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Martin Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Mayland Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at McDowell Technical Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Mesalands Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Montgomery Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Mount Marty University
Higher Education in Prison Program at Nash Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at New England College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Nicolet Area Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Northcentral Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Northern Michigan University
Higher Education in Prison Program at Northland Pioneer College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Pamlico Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Portland Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Randolph Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Richmond Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Rose State College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at SUNY Adirondack Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Sampson Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Snow College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Southeastern Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Surry Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Dickson
Higher Education in Prison Program at Texarkana College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Treasure Valley Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Trinidad State College
Higher Education in Prison Program at United Tribes Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Wake Technical Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Wallace Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Warren Wilson College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Waukesha County Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Wayne Community College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Western Technical College
Higher Education in Prison Program at Wilkes Community College
Higher Education in Prison at Great Basin College
Higher Education in Prison at Moraine Park Technical College
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Inc.
Humanities External Master's Degree Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills
IM-CEO Entrepreneurship Program
Independent Study in Idaho
Indiana Peer Education Program Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (INPEP ECHO)
Industrial Technology Certificate
Initiate Justice Activity Group
Inmate Education Program
Inmate Education Program at Germanna Community College
Inside-Out & Parenting, Prison & Pups
Inside-Out Exchange Program at Saint Joseph's University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Arcadia University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Berry University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Cabrini University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Carson Correctional Facility
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Grand Valley State University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at La Salle University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Lake Superior College
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Swarthmore College
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Temple University
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at University of Michigan
Inside-Out Program at Yale University
Institute for Educational Empowerment at Miami Dade College
Jail to Jobs
Justice Education Initative
Justice-in-Education Prison Education Program
Kent Educational Justice Initiative
LCSC Workforce Training
LIFE Program (Lipscomb Initative for Education)
Lake Tahoe Community College's Rising Scholars Program
Lee College Huntsville Center
Liberal Arts in Prison Program at Grinnell College
Marquette University Inside-Out Exchange Program
Medaille University Prison Program
Merced College Rising Scholars Program
Metropolitan State University Transformation and Re-entry through Education and Community (TREC Program)
Mississippi Humanities Education Prison Education Program
Mount Tamalpais College
My New Journeys
New Directions
New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP)
New York Theological Seminary Master's of Professional Studies Program
New York University Prison Education Program
Norco College Prison Education Program
North Carolina Field Minister Program
North Park's School of Restorative Arts
Northwestern Prison Education Program
Nyack College, Fishkill Beacon Campus
Oakhill Prison Humanities Project
Office of Re-Entry Services at Central Georgia Technical College
Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project
Ohio Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Operation Transformation
Paid In Full Oregon
Palomar College Transitions Program: Rising Scholars Network
Paralegal Certificate Course at Blackstone Career Institute
Paralegal Certificate at North Hennepin Community College
Pathways From Prison
Pathways from Prison Program at Claflin University
Peninsula College Corrections Education
Penn State Restorative Justice Initiative/Prison Education Program
Piedmont Community College Corrections Education Program
Piedmont Virginia Community College Higher Education in Prison Program
Pima Community College State and Federal Prison Program
Pitt Prison Education Project
Portland State University Higher Education in Prison Program
Post-Secondary Education Programs at Texas Department of Corrections
Princeton University Prison Teaching Initiative
Prison + Neighborhood Arts and Education Project
Prison BA Graduation Initiative at California State University - Los Angeles
Prison Education Initiative (PEI)
Prison Education Partnership Program
Prison Education Program at Eastern University
Prison Education Program at Salt Lake Community College
Prison Education Programming at Arizona State University
Prison Program at Vance-Granville Community College
Prison Programs at Lake Land College
Prison Scholar Fund
Prison Seminary Program at University of the Southwest
Prison and Reentry Education Program (PREP)
Prison to College Pipeline Program
Prison to College Pipeline through Mississippi College
Prison to Professionals (P2P)
Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) Program
Programa de Estudios Universitarios para Personas en Confinamiento
Project Change
Project Rebound at California State University, Santa Barbara
Project Rebound at San Francisco State University
Project Rebound at Stanislaus State University
Pu'uhonua Program
Rappahannock Community College
Raritan Valley Community College Returning and Incarcerated Student Education (RISE)
Rebel Rebound Program
Rebuilding Independence My Style
Reducing Recidivism Through Higher Education (RRTH)
Reforming Arts Incorporated
Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA)
Rehabilitative Justice Certificate Program
Residential Construction at Duchesne County Jail
Resilience Education: Darden Prison Reentry Entrepreneurial Program & Columbia Business School ReEntry Acceleration Program
Restorative Justice Program at Imperial Valley College
Restorative Justice Program at Southwestern Community College District
Rhodes College Liberal Arts in Prison Program
Rising Education Program at Siena Heights University
Rising Hope, Inc.
Rising Scholars Network at Modesto Junior College
Rising Scholars Program
Rising Scholars at Hartnell College
Rising Scholars/Beyond Barrier: Transitions to Life, College and a Career
Rochester Education Justice Initiative
Rock County Education and Criminal Addictions Program (RECAP)
SCIENCE Class
STEP-UP Program at Shasta College
SUNY Potsdam at Riverview Correctional Facility
Saint Louis University Prison Education Program
Second Chance Educational Alliance, Inc.
Second Chance Pell Program at Asnuntuck Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Brewton-Parker College
Second Chance Pell Program at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Cedar Valley College
Second Chance Pell Program at Chaminade University
Second Chance Pell Program at Colby Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Columbia-Greene Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Community College of Vermont
Second Chance Pell Program at Connecticut State Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Connors State College
Second Chance Pell Program at Danville Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Delaware Technical Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Fletcher Technical Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Florida Gateway College
Second Chance Pell Program at Fon Du Lac Tribal and Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Glenville State University
Second Chance Pell Program at Holmes Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Hutchinson Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Second Chance Pell Program at Inver Hills Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Iowa Central Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Kankakee Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Lamar State College - Port Arthur
Second Chance Pell Program at Lane College
Second Chance Pell Program at Langston University
Second Chance Pell Program at Lehigh Carbon Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Maysville Community and Technical College
Second Chance Pell Program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Missouri State University - West Plains
Second Chance Pell Program at Mott Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Mount Wachusett Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at North Country Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Northeastern Technical College
Second Chance Pell Program at Northshore Technical Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Ozarks Technical Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Palm Beach State College
Second Chance Pell Program at Pine Technical and Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Quinebaug Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Robeson Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Shorter College
Second Chance Pell Program at South Central College
Second Chance Pell Program at Southeastern Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Southwest Texas Junior College
Second Chance Pell Program at St. Lawrence University
Second Chance Pell Program at Three Rivers Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at Tulsa Community College
Second Chance Pell Program at University of Maryland - Eastern Shore
Second Chance Pell Program at Washburn University
Second Chance Pell Program at Western Oklahoma State College
Second Chance Pell Program at Wiley College
Second Chance Pell at Anne Arundel Community College
Second Chance Program at Milwaukee Area Technical College
Second Chance Program at Wor-Wic Community College
Self-Paced Program at Upper Iowa University
Sinclair Community College - Advanced Job Training Program
Spokane Community College - Airway Heights Education
St. Cloud State University Pathways Program for Incarcerated Students
Stanly Community College Prison Higher Education Correctional Offering
Success Through Education Program (STEP)
Sustainability in Prisons Project
Taft College Incarcerated Students Program
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative
The Chillon Project at Life University
The College in Prison Program (Operation Restoration/Tulane University)
The College in Prison Program at Edmonds College
The College in Prison Program at Mohawk Valley Community College
The Education Access Partnership
The Educational Justice Institute at MIT
The Moreau College Initiative (MCI)
The Nathan and Sandra Deal Extension of Leavell College/New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
The Office of Correctional Education of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
The Petey Greene Program
The Philosophy and Literature Circle
The Prison Project at Quinnipiac University
The Restorative Justice Lab at the University of North Alabama
The Texas Prison Education Initiative
The Women's College Partnership at the Indiana Women's Prison
Thomas Edison State University Self-Directed Courses
Transforming Lives Academy
Transforming Lives by Degrees program at UH-Clear Lake
Transforming Outcomes Project at Sacramento State
Transforming, Renewing, Achieving, Connecting (TRAC) Program
Trinity Prison Project
Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT)
Turning Point
UCI LIFTED (Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees)
UCLA Prison Education Program
UMass Prison Education Initiative
UVM Liberal Arts in Prison Program (LAPP)
UW-Madison Odyssey Beyond Bars
University Beyond Bars
University of Alabama at Birmingham/Donaldson Correctional Facility Lecture Series
University of Arizona Prison Education Project
University of Baltimore's Second Chance College Program
University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative
University of Iowa Liberal Arts Beyond Bars
University of Maine at Augusta Prison Education Partnership
University of North Carolina Asheville Prison Education Program
University of Oregon Prison Education Program
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Prison Education Program (UPBPEP)
University of Saint Mary Higher Education in Prison Program
University of San Diego - Torero Urban Scholars
University of South Florida Entrepreneurship Initiative
University of Utah Prison Education Project
Villanova Program at SCI Phoenix
WMU Prison Education Outreach Program
Washington University Prison Education Project
Wesleyan Center for Prison Education
West Virginia University Higher Education in Prison Initiative
Western Nevada College Higher Education in Prison Program
Widener University Delaware Law School Inside-Out Courses
Windward Community College Career and Community Education
Wisconsin Higher Education in Prison Program
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Welding Bootcamp
Wiser Justice Program
Woodlawn Re-Entry Project Chicago
Words Without Walls at Chatham University
Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall

Database Updated:

May 2023

Last Annual Survey:

May 2022

Academic Year of Program Data:

2020-2021

National Directory Suggested Citation:

National Directory of Higher Education in Prison Programs. (2023, May). Alliance for Higher Education in Prison. Retrieved from https://www.nationaldirectoryhep.org/national-directory

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