據了解，美國憲法規定，各州政府負責注冊并審批各類高等院校，但各院校是否被社會所認可則取決于政府承認的認證機構的認證。

　　美國高等院校包括公立與私立兩種。主要實行二年學制或四年學制，二年制的多為技術專科學校和社區學院。據統計，目前美國各類高等院校有3600多所。

　　美國高等院校的質量認證一般由專業認證機構負責，經美國教育部認可的專業認證機構主要有六大區域認證機構及近百個專業認證機構。聯邦政府通過認證機構間接起到對各院校的管理與規范。全美高等教育認證委員會（CHEA）是協調并審核認證機構的專業機構。 通過區域性認證協會或其它專業認證機構的認證，各院校可實現學分相互轉換，所頒發的學位證書或文憑證書能獲得社會的廣泛認可。

　　2012年美國俄克拉荷馬州教育部批準境外正規高校名單：

　　Academy of Cosmetology (Chickasha)

　　American Beauty Institute (McAlester)

　　American Broadcasting School (Oklahoma City)

　　American Christian College and Seminary (Oklahoma City)

　　American Christian Seminary (Oklahoma City)

　　Bacone College (Muskogee)

　　Beauty Technical College (Tahlequah)

　　Broken Arrow Beauty College, Inc. (Broken Arrow)

　　Cameron University (Lawton)

　　Career Point Institute (Tulsa)

　　Carl Albert State College (Poteau)

　　CC‘s Cosmetology College (Oklahoma City)

　　CC’s Cosmetology College (Tulsa)

　　Central State Beauty Academy (Oklahoma City)

　　City College, Inc. (Moore)

　　Claremore Beauty College (Claremore)

　　Community Care College (Tulsa)

　　Connors State College (Warner)

　　DeMarge College, Inc. (Oklahoma City)

　　East Central University (Ada)

　　Eastern Oklahoma State College (Wilburton)

　　Enid Beauty College, Inc. (Enid)

　　Eve‘s College of Hairstyling (Lawton)

　　Family of Faith College (Shawnee)

　　Heritage College (Oklahoma City)

　　Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College (Moore)

　　Hollywood Cosmetology Center (Oklahoma City)

　　Institute of Hair Design (Shawnee)

　　Jenks Beauty College (Jenks)

　　Langston University (Langston)

　　The Language Company (Oklahoma City)

　　Metropolitan College (Oklahoma City)

　　Metropolitan College (Tulsa)

　　Mid-America Christian University (Oklahoma City)

　　Murray State College (Tishomingo)

　　NEC-Spartan School of Aeronautics (Tulsa)

　　Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College (Miami)

　　Northeastern State University (Tahlequah)

　　Northern Oklahoma College (Tonkawa)

　　Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Alva)

　　Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee)

　　Oklahoma Christian University (Oklahoma City)

　　Oklahoma City Community College (Oklahoma City)

　　Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City)

　　Oklahoma Health Academy (Moore)

　　Oklahoma Health Academy (Tulsa)

　　Oklahoma Panhandle State University (Goodwell)

　　Oklahoma School of Photography (Moore)

　　Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City)

　　Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee (Okmulgee)

　　Oklahoma State University (Stillwater)

　　Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Bartlesville)

　　Oral Roberts University School of Theology (Tulsa)

　　Oral Roberts University (Tulsa)

　　Phillips Theological Seminary (Tulsa)

　　Platt College (Lawton)

　　Platt College (Okahoma City)

　　Platt College (Oklahoma City)

　　Platt College (Tulsa)

　　Ponca City Beauty College (Ponca City)

　　Poteau Beauty College (Poteau)

　　Pryor Beauty College (Pryor)

　　Redlands Community College (El Reno)

　　Rogers State University (Claremore)

　　Ron Moore & Associates, Inc. (Oklahoma City)

　　Rose State College (Midwest City)

　　Saint Gregory’s University (Shawnee)

　　Sand Springs Beauty College (Sand Springs)

　　School of Hair Design (Hugo)

　　School of Hair Design (Idabel)

　　Seminole State College (Seminole)

　　Shawnee Beauty College (Shawnee)

　　Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Durant)

　　Southern Nazarene University (Bethany)

　　Southern School of Beauty (Durant)

　　Southwestern Christian University (Bethany)

　　Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Sayre (Sayre)

　　Stanton Beauty College Inc. (ADA)

　　State Barber and Hair Design College (Oklahoma City)

　　Stillwater Beauty Academy (Stillwater)

　　Technical Institute of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences (Tulsa)

　　Tulsa Community College (Tulsa)

　　Tulsa Welding School (Tulsa)

　　University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond)

　　University of Oklahoma (Norman)

　　University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (Chickasha)

　　University of Tulsa (Tulsa)

　　U.S. Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronics Maintenance School - Branch Campus (Ft. Sill)

　　Vatterott College (Oklahoma City)

　　Vatterott College (Tulsa)

　　Vatterott College-Tulsa (Tulsa)

　　Virgil‘s Beauty College (Muskogee)

　　Western Oklahoma State College (Altus)

　　Woodward Beauty College (Woodward)

　　Wright Business School (Oklahoma City)

　　Yukon Beauty College (Yukon)