CHC is registered, and its courses accredited, by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and is listed on the National Register of Higher Education Providers. Further information regarding the higher education sector in Australia is available on the TEQSA website.

All CHC courses are approved for FEE-HELP and, in the case of Commonwealth supported places in preservice teacher education courses, HECS-HELP. Information regarding these schemes is available on the Australian government’s Study Assist website. Courses are also approved (as applicable) for Youth Allowance/Abstudy and Austudy for students to receive income support (personal eligibility requirements apply). To find out more about student payments, visit the Department of Human Services website.

CHC is approved to offer courses to overseas students and is listed on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS).

CHC courses have industry accreditation in the fields of Accounting, Counselling and Education. Information regarding these approvals is available on the relevant course pages.