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Lees-McRae College

Lees–McRae College is a private college in Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Lees–McRae College sits in the Appalachian Mountains at 3,720 feet (1,130 m) above sea level, the highest elevation of any American college or university east of the Mississippi River. It is one of the few colleges to be named after two women, Suzanna Lees and Elizabeth McRae.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2939
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
293900
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
198808
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
133623

Location

Banner Elk, NC, 28604

36.162477, -81.873371

Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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