据了解，美国宪法规定，各州政府负责注册并审批各类高等院校，但各院校是否被社会所认可则取决于政府承认的认证机构的认证。

　　美国高等院校包括公立与私立两种。主要实行二年学制或四年学制，二年制的多为技术专科学校和社区学院。据统计，目前美国各类高等院校有3600多所。

　　美国高等院校的质量认证一般由专业认证机构负责，经美国教育部认可的专业认证机构主要有六大区域认证机构及近百个专业认证机构。联邦政府通过认证机构间接起到对各院校的管理与规范。全美高等教育认证委员会（CHEA）是协调并审核认证机构的专业机构。 通过区域性认证协会或其它专业认证机构的认证，各院校可实现学分相互转换，所颁发的学位证书或文凭证书能获得社会的广泛认可。

　　2012年美国堪萨斯州教育部批准境外正规高校名单：

　　Academy of Hair Design (Salina)

　　Allen County Community College (Iola)

　　American Academy of Hair Design (Topeka)

　　Army Management Staff College - Branch Campus (Ft. Leavenworth)

　　Baker University (Baldwin City)

　　Barclay College (Haviland)

　　Barton County Community College (Great Bend)

　　Benedictine College (Atchison)

　　Bethany College (Lindsborg)

　　Bethel College (North Newton)

　　The Brown Mackie College (Salina)

　　Bryan College (Topeka)

　　Butler County Community College (El Dorado)

　　CB&T, Inc. (Mission)

　　Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Kansas City)

　　Central Christian College of Kansas (McPherson)

　　Classic College of Hair Design (Wichita)

　　Cloud County Community College (Concordia)

　　Coffeyville Community College (Coffeyville)

　　Colby Community College (Colby)

　　College of Hair Design (Overland Park)

　　Community College of Cosmetology (Topeka)

　　Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School (Arkansas City)

　　Crum‘s Beauty College (Manhattan)

　　Cutting Edge Hairstyling Academy (Kansas City)

　　Cutting Edge Hairstyling Academy (Shawnee)

　　Dodge City Community College (Dodge City)

　　Donnelly College (Kansas City)

　　Emporia State University (Emporia)

　　Flint Hills Technical College (Emporia)

　　Fort Hays State University (Hays)

　　Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott)

　　Friends University (Wichita)

　　Garden City Community College (Garden City)

　　Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence)

　　Hays Academy of Hair Design (Hays)

　　Hesston College (Hesston)

　　Highland Community College (Highland)

　　Hutchinson Community College (Hutchinson)

　　Independence Community College (Independence)

　　Johnson County Community College (Overland Park)

　　Kansas City Kansas Community College (Kansas City)

　　Kansas State University (Manhattan)

　　Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina)

　　KAW Area Technical School (Topeka)

　　LaBaron Hairdressing Academy (Overland Park)

　　Labette Community College (Parsons)

　　Manhattan Christian College (Manhattan)

　　McPherson College (McPherson)

　　MidAmerica Nazarene University (Olathe)

　　Neosho County Community College (Chanute)

　　Newman University (Wichita)

　　North Central Kansas Technical College (Beloit)

　　Northeast Kansas Technical College (Atchison)

　　Northwest Kansas Technical College (Goodland)

　　Old Town Barber & Beauty College (Wichita)

　　Ottawa University (Ottawa)

　　Pinnacle Career Institute (Lawrence)

　　Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg)

　　Pratt Community College (Pratt)

　　Seward County Community College (Liberal)

　　Sidney’s Hairdressing College, Inc. (Hutchinson)

　　Southwestern College (Winfield)

　　Sterling College (Sterling)

　　Superior School of Hairstyling (Olathe)

　　Tabor College (Hillsboro)

　　U. S. Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth)

　　University of Kansas (Lawrence)

　　University of Saint Mary (Leavenworth)

　　Vatterott College-Wichita Campus (Wichita)

　　Vernon‘s Kansas School of Cosmetology (Wichita)

　　Washburn University of Topeka (Topeka)

　　Wichita Area Technical College (Wichita)

　　Wichita State University (Wichita)

　　Wichita Technical Institute (Wichita)

　　Wright Business School (Overland Park)

　　WTI Topeka Campus (Topeka)

　　Xenon International School of Hair Design (Wichita)