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
PennsylvaniaPuerto Rico
A-1 Business & Technical College (Caguas)
Academia Maison D'Esthetique (Santurce)
Academia Serrant (Ponce)
Academia Vocacional del Turabo (Caguas)
Aguadilla Technical College (Manati)
American Educational College (Bayamon)
American Educational College (Toa Alta)
American Technological College (Ponce)
American Technological College (Rio Piedras)
American University of Puerto Rico (Bayamon)
Antilles School of Technical Careers (Santurce)
Atenas College (Manati)
Atlantic College (Guaynabo)
Automeca Technical College (Bayamon)
Automeca Technical College (Ponce)
Bayamon Central University (Bayamon)
Bayamon Community College (Bayamon)
Caguas Central College (Caguas)
Caguas Inst. of Mechanical Technology (Caguas)
Caribbean Forensic & Technical College (San Juan)
Caribbean University (Bayamon)
Carlos Albizu University (San Juan)
Centro de Capacitacion y Asesoramiento (Aguadilla)
Centro de Capacitacion y Asesoramiento (Arecibo)
Centro de Capacitacion y Asesoramiento (Caguas)
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y El Caribe (San Juan)
Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios (Humacao)
Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios (San Juan)
Century College (Aguadilla)
Charlie's Guard Detective Bureau (Aguadilla)
Colegio Biblico Pentecostal (St Just)
Colegio de las Ciencias Artes y (Bayamon)
Colegio Educativo Tecnologico Industrial (Arecibo)
Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia (Arroyo)
Colegio Pentecostal Mizpa (Rio Piedras)
Colegio Tecnico Metropolitano (Puerto Nuevo)
Colegio Tecnologico y Comercial de PR (Aguada)
Columbia Centro Universitario (Caguas)
Columbia Centro Universitario (Yauco)
Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico (San Juan)
D'Mart Institute (Barranquitas)
D'Mart Institute (Corozal)
Dominican Study Center of the Caribbean (Bayamon)
EDIC College (Caguas)
Educational Technical College (Bayamon)
Electronic Data Processing College (Hato Rey)
Electronic Data Processing College of Puerto Rico (Hato Rey)
Electronic Data Processing College (San Sebastian)
Emma's Beauty Academy (Juana Diaz)
Emma's Beauty Academy (Mayaguez)
Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico (San Juan)
Escuela de Peritos (Isabela)
Escuela Hotelera de San Juan (San Juan)
Escuela Tecnica De Electricidad (Ponce)
Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico (San Juan)
Globelle Technical Institute (Vega Baja)
Hispanic American College (Juncos)
Huertas Junior College (Caguas)
Humacao Community College (Humacao)
ICPR Junior College (San Juan)
Industrial Technical College (Humacao)
Institucion Chaviano de Mayaguez (Mayaguez)
Institute of Beauty Careers (Arecibo)
Institute of Beauty Careers (Manati)
Institute of Beauty Occupation & (Moca)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Caguas)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Cayey)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Fajardo)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Guayama)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Hato Rey)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Manati)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Mayaguez)
Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Ponce)
Instituto de Educacion Tecnica (Aguadilla)
Instituto de Educacion Tecnica (Manati)
Instituto de Educacion Vocacional (Corozal)
Instituto Fontecha (Bayamon)
Instituto Fontecha (Caguas)
Instituto Irma Valentin (Hatillo)
Instituto Irma Valentin (Manati)
Instituto Irma Valentin (Moca)
Instituto Irma Valentin-Santurce (Santurce)
Instituto Irma Valentin - Utuado (Utuado)
Instituto Merlix (Bayamon)
Instituto Tecnico del Futuro (Bayamon)
Instituto Tecnologico Empresarial (Trujillo Alto)
Instituto Vocacional Aurea E. Mendez (Caguas)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla Campus (Aguadilla)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Arecibo Campus (Arecibo)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Barranquitas Campus (Barranquitas)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon Campus (Bayamon)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Fajardo Campus (Fajardo)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Guayama)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Campus (Mercedita)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico San German Campus (San German)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico (San Juan)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law (San Juan)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry (Hato Rey)
International Junior College (Bayamon)
International Junior College (Humacao)
International Junior College (Ponce)
International Junior College (San Juan)
International Technical College (San Juan)
J G Guaynabo Technical College (Guaynabo)
John Dewey College (Bayamon)
John Dewey College (Carolina)
John Dewey College (San Juan)
Leston College (Bayamon)
Liceo de Arte, Disenos y Comercio (Caguas)
Liceo de Arte y Tecnologia (Hato Rey)
MBTI Business Training Institute, Aguadilla Branch (Aguadilla)
MBTI Business Training Institute (Santurce)
Modern Hairstyling Institute (Arecibo)
Modern Hairstyling Institute (Bayamon)
Modern Hairstyling Institute (Carolina)
Modern Hairstyling Institute (Fajardo)
Montechlaro: Escuela Hoteleria y Artes (Rio Grande)
National College of Business and Technology (Arecibo)
National College of Business and Technology (Bayamon)
National College of Business and Technology (Rio Grande)
National Fashion & Beauty College (Rio Piedras)
Politec Institute (Ponce)
Ponce Paramedical College (Ponce)
Ponce School of Medicine (Ponce)
Ponce Technical School (Ponce)
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Arecibo Campus (Arecibo)
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez)
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Ponce)
Professional Electrical School (Manati)
Professional Technical Institution (Bayamon)
Puerto Rico Barber College (Fajardo)
Puerto Rico Tech Junior College (Hato Rey)
Puerto Rico Tech Junior College (Mayaguez)
Ramirez College of Business & Technology (Mayaguez)
Ramirez College of Business & Technology (San Juan)
Rogie's School of Beauty Culture (Caguas)
Rogie's School of Beauty Culture (San Juan)
Rosslyn Training Academy of Cosmetology, Inc. (Aguada)
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (Caguas)
Serbia's Technical College (Guayama)
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez Universidad del Este (Carolina)
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez Universidad del Turabo (Gurabo)
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez Universidad Metropolitana (San Juan)
Star Career College (Bayamon)
Trinity College of Puerto Rico (Ponce)
Universal Career Counseling Center (Manati)
Universal Career Counseling Center (San Juan)
Universal Career Counseling-Humacao Cent (Humacao)
Universal Technology Coll of Puerto Rico (Aguadilla)
Universal Technology Coll of Puerto Rico (Camuy)
Universidad Adventista de las Antillas (Mayaguez)
Universidad Central del Caribe (Bayamon)
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico (San Juan)
University College of Criminal Justice of Puerto Rico (Gurabo)
University College of San Juan (San Juan)
University of the Sacred Heart (San Juan)
UPR - Aguadilla (Aguadilla)
UPR - Arecibo (Arecibo)
UPR - Bayamon (Bayamon)
UPR - Carolina (Carolina)
UPR - Cayey (Cayey)
UPR - Humacao (Humacao)
UPR - Mayaguez (Mayaguez)
UPR - Medical Sciences Campus (San Juan)
UPR - Ponce (Ponce)
UPR - Rio Piedras Campus (San Juan)
UPR - Utuado (Utuado)
Trust Terr Pac Island: Palau
Palau Community College (Formerly Micronesia Occupational College) (Koror)
