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

　　Virginia

　　Advanced Technology Institute (Virginia Beach)

　　American Institute of Massage (Richmond)

　　America's Computer Training Source (Virginia Beach)

　　Applied Career Training, Inc. (Alexandria)

　　Applied Career Training, Inc. (Arlington)

　　Applied Career Training Inc. (Manassas)

　　The Apprentice School - Northrop Grumman Newport News (Newport News)

　　Army Management Staff College (Ft. Belvoir)

　　Army Quartermaster Center and School (Ft. Lee)

　　ATI - Hollywood (Roanoke)

　　Averett University (Danville)

　　Aviation Institute of Maintenance (Virginia Beach)

　　Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (Richmond)

　　Beta Tech (Richmond)

　　Beta Tech West (Richmond)

　　Blue Ridge Community College (Weyers Cave)

　　Blue Ridge Job Corps Center (Marion)

　　Bluefield College (Bluefield)

　　The Braxton School of Business (Richmond)

　　Bridgewater College (Bridgewater)

　　Bureau of Medicine and Surgery - Branch Campus (Portsmouth)

　　Bureau of Medicine and Surgery - Branch Campus (Yorktown)

　　C-3 School L.L.C. (Midlothian)

　　Career Training Solutions (Fredericksburg)

　　Central Virginia Community College (Lynchburg)

　　Christendom College (Front Royal)

　　Christopher Newport University (Newport News)

　　The Chubb Institute (Reston)

　　The College of William and Mary (Williamsburg)

　　Colonial Heights Beauty Academy (Colonial Heights)

　　Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley College of Health Sciences (Roanoke)

　　Cooper Career Institute (Virginia Beach)

　　Cosmopolitan Beauty & Barber School (Annandale)

　　Crescent Cosmetology University (Hampton)

　　Culpeper Cosmetology Training Center (Culpeper)

　　Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (Clifton Forge)

　　Danville Community College (Danville)

　　Danville Regional Medical Center School of Nursing (Danville)

　　Defense Acquisition University (Ft. Belvoir)

　　Defense Commissary Agency (Ft. Lee)

　　Dickerson Beauty Academy (Danville)

　　Eastern Mennonite Seminary of Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg)

　　Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg)

　　Eastern Shore Community College (Melfa)

　　Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk)

　　ECPI College of Technology (Virginia Beach)

　　ECPI Technical College (Glen Allen)

　　ECPI Technical College (Richmond)

　　ECPI Technical College (Roanoke)

　　Emory & Henry College (Emory)

　　Empire Beauty School (Midlothian)

　　Ferrum College (Ferrum)

　　Flatwoods Civilian Conservation Center (Coeburn)

　　George Mason University (Fairfax)

　　Germanna Community College (Locust Grove)

　　Ghent Beauty Academy (Norfolk)

　　Gibbs College (Vienna)

　　Graham Webb International Academy of Hair (Arlington)

　　Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney)

　　Hampton Roads School of Technology (Norfolk)

　　Hampton University (Hampton)

　　Heritage Institute (Falls Church)

　　Heritage Institute (Manassas)

　　Hicks Academy of Beauty Culture (Portsmouth)

　　Hollins University (Roanoke)

　　Indian River Beauty Academy (Virginia Beach)

　　International Beauty School (Charlottesville)

　　ITT Technical Institute (Chantilly)

　　ITT Technical Institute (Norfolk)

　　ITT Technical Institute (Richmond)

　　ITT Technical Institute (Springfield)

　　J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Richmond)

　　James Madison University (Harrisonburg)

　　John Tyler Community College (Chester)

　　Kee Business College (Chesapeake)

　　Kee Business College (Newport News)

　　Lawrence-White Associates, Inc. (Roanoke)