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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58446</law_id><section_number>60.2-220</section_number><catch_line>Institution of higher education</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-2117</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="60.2">Unemployment Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Institution of higher education,&#x201D; for the purposes of this title, means an educational institution which:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; <a id="paragraph-214209" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-220/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Is legally authorized in this Commonwealth to provide a program of education beyond high school; <a id="paragraph-214210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-220/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor&#x2019;s or higher degree, or provides a program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, a program of postgraduate or postdoctoral studies, or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; <a id="paragraph-214211" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-220/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and <a id="paragraph-214212" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-220/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, all colleges and universities in this Commonwealth are institutions of higher education for purposes of this section. <a id="paragraph-214213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-220/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., c. 235, &#xA7; 60.1-14.1; 1986, c. 480.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
