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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年美國科羅拉多州教育部批準境外正規高校名單：
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Academy of Beauty Culture (Grand Junction)
Academy of Natural Therapy, Inc. (Eaton)
Adams State College (Alamosa)
Aims Community College (Greeley)
Americana Beauty College II (Colorado Springs)
Arapahoe Community College (Littleton)
The Art Institute of Colorado (Denver)
Artistic Beauty Colleges (Arvada)
Artistic Beauty Colleges (Lakewood)
Artistic Beauty Colleges (Thornton)
Artistic Beauty Colleges (Westminister)
Bel Rea Institute of Animal Technology (Denver)
Blair College (Colorado Springs)
Boulder College of Massage Therapy (Boulder)
Bridge Linguatec (Denver)
Cambridge College (Aurora)
Center of Advanced Therapeutics (Denver)
Cheeks International Academy of Beauty Culture (Fort Collins)
Cheeks International Academy of Beauty Culture (Greeley)
College for Financial Planning, Inc. (Greenwood Village)
CollegeAmerica-Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs)
CollegeAmerica-Denver (Denver)
CollegeAmerica-Fort Collins (Fort Collins)
Colorado Christian University (Lakewood)
Colorado College (Colorado Springs)
Colorado Institute of Taxidermy (Canon City)
Colorado Mountain College (Glenwood Springs)
Colorado Northwestern Community College (Rangely)
Colorado School of English (Denver)
Colorado School of Healing Arts (Lakewood)
Colorado School of Mines (Golden)
Colorado School of Trades (Lakewood)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
Colorado State University-Pueblo (Pueblo)
Colorado Technical University (Colorado Springs)
Community College of Aurora (Aurora)
Community College of Denver (Denver)
Concorde Career Institute (Denver)
Cooking School of the Rockies,Inc. (Boulder)
Cottonwood School of Massage Therapy (Aurora)
Cuttin Up Beauty Academy (Denver)
Denver Academy of Court Reporting (Westminster)
Denver Automotive & Diesel College (Denver)
Denver Career College (Denver)
Denver Seminary (Denver)
Denver Technical College at (Colorado Springs)
Denver Technical College (Denver)
Dillard‘s Inc./Dillard’s Dept Stores (Aurora)
Englewood Beauty College, Inc. (Englewood)
Fort Lewis College (Durango)
