一、基本情况
根据美国宪法规定，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。
二、名单
Kentucky
AEC Southern Ohio College (Ft. Mitchell)
Alice Lloyd College (Pippa Passes)
Appalachian Beauty School (South Williamson)
Asbury College (Wilmore)
Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore)
Ashland Community College (Ashland)
Ashland School of Beauty Culture (Ashland)
Ashland Technical College (Ashland)
Barrett and Company School of Hair Design (Nicholasville)
Beckfield College (Florence)
Bellarmine University (Louisville)
Bellefonte Academy of Beauty (Russell)
Berea College (Berea)
Bowling Green Technical College (Bowling Green)
Bowling Green Technical College - Branch Campus (Bowling Green)
Bowling Green Technical College - Branch Campus (Glasgow)
Brescia University (Owensboro)
Brighton Center - Center for Employment Training (Newport)
Campbellsville University (Campbellsville)
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center (Prestonsburg)
Central Kentucky Technical College - Branch Campus (Burgin)
Central Kentucky Technical College - Branch Campus (Danville)
Central Kentucky Technical College - Branch Campus (Lawrenceburg)
Central Kentucky Technical College - Branch Campus (Lexington)
Central Kentucky Technical College (Lexington)
Centre College (Danville)
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College (Pineville)
Collins School of Cosmetology (Middlesboro)
Cumberland College (Williamsburg)
Daymar College (Louisville)
Daymar College (Owensboro)
Decker College (Louisville)
Donta School of Beauty Culture (Louisville)
Draughons Junior College (Bowling Green)
Earle C. Clements Job Corps Academy (Morganfield)
Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond)
Elizabethtown Beauty School (Elizabethtown)
Elizabethtown Community College (Elizabethtown)
Elizabethtown Technical College (Elizabethtown)
Ezell's Cosmetology School (Murray)
Federal Medical Center - Lexington (Lexington)
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (Hyden)
Gateway Community and Technical College - Branch Campus (Edgewood)
Gateway Community and Technical College - Branch Campus (Highland Heights)
Gateway Community and Technical College (Covington)
Georgetown College (Georgetown)
The Hair Design School (Florence)
The Hair Design School (Louisville)
The Hair Design School (Radcliff)
Hazard Community College (Hazard)
Head's West Kentucky Beauty College (Madisonville)
Health Institute of Louisville - Branch Campus (San Antonio)
Health Institute of Louisville - Branch Campus (St. Petersburg)
Health Institute of Louisville (Louisville)
Henderson Community College (Henderson)
Hopkinsville Community College (Hopkinsville)
Interactive College of Technology - Branch Campus (Florence)
ITT Technical Institute (Louisville)
J & M Academy of Cosmetology, Inc. (Frankfort)
Jefferson Community College (Louisville)
Jefferson Technical College - Branch Campus (LaGrange)
Jefferson Technical College - Branch Campus (Pewee Valley)
Jefferson Technical College (Louisville)
Jenny Lea Academy of Cosmetology (Harlan)
Jenny Lea Academy of Cosmetology (Whitesburg)
Kaufman Beauty School (Lexington)
Kentucky Christian College (Grayson)
Kentucky Mountain Bible College (Vancleve)
Kentucky State University (Frankfort)
Kentucky Wesleyan College (Owensboro)
Laurel Technical College (London)
Lexington Community College (Lexington)
Lexington Theological Seminary (Lexington)
Lindsey Wilson College (Columbia)
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Louisville)
Louisville Technical Institute (Louisville)
Madisonville Community College (Madisonville)
Mayo Technical College - Branch Campus (Pikeville)
Mayo Technical College (Paintsville)
Maysville Community College (Maysville)
Mid-Continent College (Mayfield)
Midway College (Midway)
Morehead State University (Morehead)
Motif Beauty Academy (Winchester)
Mr. Jim's Beauty College (Owensboro)
Murray State University (Murray)
National College of Business and Technology (Danville)
National College of Business and Technology (Florence)
National College of Business and Technology (Lexington)
National College of Business and Technology (Louisville)
National College of Business and Technology (Pikeville)
National College of Business and Technology (Richmond)
Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights)
Nu-Tek Academy of Beauty (Mt. Sterling)
Owensboro Community and Technical College (Owensboro)
Paducah Technical College (Paducah)
Pat Wilson Beauty College, Inc. (Henderson)
Pikeville College (Pikeville)
PJ's College of Cosmetology (Bowling Green)
PJ's College of Cosmetology (Glasgow)
Prestonsburg Community College (Prestonsburg)
Regency School of Hair Design (Prestonsburg)
RETS Institute of Technology (Hopkinsville)
RETS Institute of Technology (Louisville)
Rowan Technical College - Branch Campus (West Liberty)
Rowan Technical College (Morehead)
Saint Catharine College (St. Catharine)
Somerset Community College (Somerset)
Somerset Technical College (Somerset)
Southeast Community College (Cumberland)
Southeast School of Cosmetology (Manchester)
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville)
Southwestern College of Business (Crestview Hills)
Spalding University (Louisville)
Spencerian College (Lexington)
Spencerian College (Louisville)
Sullivan University (Louisville)
Thomas More College (Crestview Hills)
Transylvania University (Lexington)
Trend Setters' Academy of Beauty Culture (Elizabethtown)
Trend Setter's Academy of Beauty Culture (Louisville)
Tri-State Beauty Academy (Morehead)
union College (Barbourville)
University of Kentucky (Lexington)
University of Louisville (Louisville)
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (Paducah)
West Kentucky Technical College - Branch Campus (Eddyville)
West Kentucky Technical College - Branch Campus (Fredonia)
West Kentucky Technical College (Paducah)
Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green)
William F. Lea & Associates, Inc. (Louisville)
