Tuition-free courses or schools are conducted by employers exclusively for their own employees.

Institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board.

Institutions or courses of instruction under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Cosmetology, State Board of Barber Examiners, State Board of Massage Therapy, or the Mississippi Board of Nursing.

Courses of instruction required by law to be approved or licensed, or given by institutions approved or licensed, by a state board or agency other than the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration; however, an institution so approved or licensed may apply to the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration for a Certificate of Registration to be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Correspondance courses are a formal educational process under which the institution provides instructional materials, by mail or electronic transmission, including examinations on the materials, to students who are separated from the instructor. Interaction between the instructor and the student is limited, is not regular and substantive, and is primarily initiated by the student; courses are typically self-paced. Correspondence education is not distance education as defined in the regulations.

Nonprofit private institutions offering academic credits at primary or secondary levels or conducting classes for exceptional education as defined by regulations of the State Department of Education

Nonprofit private colleges and universities or any private institution offering academic credits at primary, secondary, or postsecondary levels.

Courses of instruction conducted by a public school district or a combination of public school districts.

Courses of instruction conducted outside the United States.

Any institution that offers only instruction in subjects that the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration determines are primarily for non-vocational, personal improvement, or cultural purposes and that does not represent to the public that its course of study or instruction will or may produce income for those who take that course of study or instruction.

Courses are conducted primarily on an individual tutorial basis, where not more than one (1) student is involved at any one (1) time, except in those instances where the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration determines that the course is to prepare for a vocational objective.

Kindergartens or similar programs for preschool-age children.