Riverland Community College, a three-campus consortium based in Albert Lea, Minnesota, is a regional comprehensive community college that provides a personalized educational environment for its students. Apart from being a leaders in liberal arts and career-technical higher education, and an essential link to economic and social vitality, the college also is honored for its excellence in learning through innovation, responsiveness, resourcefulness, and collaboration. Riverland Community College is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. It serves about 19,000 students in the city. The other campuses are located in Austin and Owatonna, Minnesota. The college runs a training and development division that works in concert with local business and industry to assess employees' needs, and also train them. It also conducts management education Programs to help students learn business and financial management, and achieve their business goals. Riverland Community College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It also has won accreditation for individual college programs, being accredited by the National League for Nursing, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, and the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association.