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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?？茖W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?？蓪崿F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年美國華盛頓州教育部批準境外正規高校名單：
The Academy of Hair Design (Wenatchee)
ALPS Language School (Seattle)
Apollo College (Spokane)
Art Institute of Seattle (Seattle)
Ashmead College (Seattle)
B. J.‘s Beauty & Barber College (Tacoma)
Bastyr University (Kenmore)
Bates Technical College (Tacoma)
Bellevue Beauty School (Bellevue)
Bellevue Community College (Bellevue)
Bellingham Beauty School, Inc. (Bellingham)
Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham)
Big Bend Community College (Moses Lake)
B.J.’s Beauty & Barber College (Puyallup)
Brenneke School of Massage (Seattle)
Bryman College (Lynnwood)
Bryman College (Renton)
Business Computer Training Institute (Everett)
Cascadia Community College (Bothell)
Central Washington University (Ellensburg)
Centralia College (Centralia)
Chetta‘s Academy of Hair & Nails (Port Angeles)
City University (Bellevue)
Clare’s Beauty College (Pasco)
Clark College (Vancouver)
Clover Park Technical College (Lakewood)
Columbia Basin College (Pasco)
Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle)
Court Reporting Institute (Seattle)
Crace, Inc. (Bellevue)
Crown College (Tacoma)
DigiPen Institute of Technology (Redmond)
Divers Institute of Technology (Seattle)
Eastern Washington University (Cheney)
Edmonds Community College (Lynnwood)
Emil Fries School of Piano Tuning & (Vancouver)
Eton Technical Institute (Everett)
Eton Technical Institute (Federal Way)
Eton Technical Institute, Inc. (Tacoma)
Eton Technical Institute - Port Orchard (Port Orchard)
Everett Beauty Academy (Everett)
Everett Community College (Everett)
Evergreen Cosmo Inc. (Everett)
Evergreen State College (Olympia)
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary (Tacoma)
Gene Juarez Academy of Beauty (Federal Way)
Gene Juarez Academy of Beauty (Seattle)
Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design Inc. (Spokane)
Gonzaga University Department of Religious Studies (Spokane)
Gonzaga University (Spokane)
Grays Harbor College (Aberdeen)
Green River Community College (Auburn)
Greenwood Academy of Hair Design (Seattle)
Henry Cogswell College (Everett)
Heritage College (Toppenish)
