Top Universities in Arizona
Below is a list of top-ranked colleges and universitiies in the state of Arizona.
- Arizona State University
- Arizona State University at the West Campus
- Arizona State University East
- Eastern Arizona College
- Grand Canyon University
- Northern Arizona University
- Phoenix College
- Thunderbird-The Garvin School of International Management
- University of Arizona
- University of Phoenix-Online Campus
There are 109 colleges and universities in the state of Arizona. Refer to the following table to find local schools in Arizona sorted by university name. If you are interested, you can follow the link below to see its specific information. Please understand that all higher educational programs in Arizona are listed here in alphabetical order.
School Name | Location | Address/Zip Code* |
Academy of Radio Broadcasting-Phoenix | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 4914 E McDowell Rd Ste 107 Phoenix, AZ 85008 |
American Indian College of the Assemblies of God Inc | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 10020 N 15th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85021 |
American Institute of Technology | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 440 S 54th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85043-4729 |
Apollo College-Phoenix Inc | Private for-profit, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 8503 N 27th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85051-4063 |
Argosy University-Phoenix Campus | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 2233 West Dunlap Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021 |
Arizona Academy of Beauty Inc | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | 4066 N Oracle Tucson, AZ 85705 |
Arizona Academy of Beauty-North | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | 5631 E Speedway Blvd Tucson, AZ 85712 |
Arizona Automotive Institute | Private for-profit, 2-year in Glendale, AZ | 6829 N 46th Ave Glendale, AZ 85301-3579 |
Arizona College of Allied Health | Private for-profit, 2-year in Glendale, AZ | 4425 W Olive Avenue Suite 300 Glendale, AZ 85302 |
Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | 4646 E Fort Lowell Rd Ste 103 Tucson, AZ 85712 |
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus | Public, 4-year or above in Tempe, AZ | |
Arizona State University at the West Campus | Public, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 2020 S. Avenue 8E Yuma, AZ 85365-8834 |
Arizona State University East | Public, 4-year or above in Mesa, AZ | |
Arizona Western College | Public, 2-year in Yuma, AZ | |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Chandler | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Chandler, AZ | 2978 N Alma School Rd Stes 1-3 Chandler, AZ 85224 |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Flagstaff | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Flagstaff, AZ | 1790 E Rte 66 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Phoenix | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 12827 N Tatum Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85032 |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Phoenix North Central | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 9945 W McDowell Road #112 Avondale, AZ 85323 |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Prescott | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Prescott, AZ | 410 W Goodwin Prescott, AZ 86303 |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Scottsdale | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Scottsdale, AZ | |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Tucson | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | 3030 E Speedway Blvd Tucson, AZ 85716 |
Artistic Beauty Colleges-Tucson North | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | 4343 N. Oracle Rd. # I Tucson, AZ 85705 |
Carsten Institute | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tempe, AZ | 3345 S Rural Rd Tempe, AZ 85282 |
Central Arizona College | Public, 2-year in Coolidge, AZ | 8470 N Overfield Rd Coolidge, AZ 85128-9030 |
Chandler/Gilbert Community College | Public, 2-year in Chandler, AZ | 2626 E Pecos Rd Chandler, AZ 85225-2499 |
Chaparral College | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | |
Charles of Italy Beauty College | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Lake Havasu City, AZ | 1987 McCulloch Blvd, Suite 205 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 |
Cochise College | Public, 2-year in Douglas, AZ | 4190 W Highway 80 Douglas, AZ 85607-9724 |
Coconino County Community College | Public, 2-year in Flagstaff, AZ | 2800 S. Lone Tree Rd. Flagstaff, AZ 86001-2701 |
College America | Private for-profit, 2-year in Flagstaff, AZ | 3012 East Route 66 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 |
Collins College | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tempe, AZ | 9630 N. 2th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021 |
Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tempe, AZ | 2300 E Broadway Rd Tempe, AZ 85282-1707 |
Desert Institute of the Healing Arts | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | |
DeVoe College of Beauty | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Sierra Vista, AZ | |
DeVry University-Arizona | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 2149 W Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 850212995 |
Dine College | Public, 2-year in Tsaile, AZ | |
Earls Academy of Beauty | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Mesa, AZ | 2111 S Alma School Rd Ste 21 Mesa, AZ 85210 |
East Valley Institute of Technology | Public, less-than-2-year in Mesa, AZ | 1601 W Main St Mesa, AZ 85201 |
Eastern Arizona College | Public, 2-year in Thatcher, AZ | 615 N. Stadium Ave. Thatcher, AZ 85552-0769 |
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Prescott, AZ | 3700 Willow Creek Road Prescott, AZ 86301-3720 |
Estrella Mountain Community College | Public, 2-year in Avondale, AZ | 3000 N Dysart Rd Avondale, AZ 85323-1000 |
Everest College | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 5416 East Baseline Ste. 200 Mesa, AZ 85206 |
Everest College-Mesa | Private for-profit, 2-year in Gilbert, AZ | 10400 N. 25th Avenue, Suite 190 Phoenix, AZ 85021-1641 |
Gateway Community College | Public, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 108 N. 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85034 |
Glendale Community College | Public, 2-year in Glendale, AZ | 6000 W Olive Ave Glendale, AZ 85302 |
Golf Academy of Arizona | Private for-profit, 2-year in Chandler, AZ | 670 N. Arizona Ave., Ste. 13 Chandler, AZ 85225 |
Grand Canyon University | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 3300 W Camelback Rd Phoenix, AZ 85017 |
HDS Truck Driving Institute | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | 6251 S. Wilmot Road Tucson, AZ 85706 |
High-Tech Institute-Phoenix | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | |
International Academy of Hair Design | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Chandler, AZ | 3350 N Arizona Ave Ste 4 Chandler, AZ 85225-7198 |
International Baptist College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Tempe, AZ | 2211 W Germann Road Chandler, AZ 85286 |
International Institute of the Americas | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Mesa, AZ | |
International Institute of the Americas | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | |
International Institute of the Americas | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | |
International Institute of the Americas | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | |
ITT Technical Institute | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tempe, AZ | 5005 S. Wendler Drive Tempe, AZ 85282 |
ITT Technical Institute | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | 1455 W. River Rd Tucson, AZ 85704-5829 |
Lamson College | Private for-profit, 2-year in Tempe, AZ | 875 W. Elliot Road Suite 206 Tempe, AZ 85284 |
Long Technical College | Private for-profit, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | |
Long Technical College-East Valley | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 4646 E. Van Buren Street Suite #350 Phoenix, AZ 850081716 |
Maricopa Beauty College | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Goodyear, AZ | 515 W Western Ave Avondale, AZ 85323 |
Maricopa Skill Center | Public, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 1245 E Buckeye Phoenix, AZ 85034-4101 |
Mesa Community College | Public, 2-year in Mesa, AZ | 1833 W Southern Ave Mesa, AZ 85202 |
Metropolitan College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | |
Midwestern University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Glendale, AZ | 19555 N 59th Ave Glendale, AZ 85308 |
Mohave Community College | Public, 2-year in Kingman, AZ | 1971 Jagerson Ave Kingman, AZ 86409-1238 |
Mundus Institute | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 2001 W Camelback, Suite 140 Phoenix, AZ 85015 |
Northcentral University | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Prescott, AZ | |
Northern Arizona University | Public, 4-year or above in Flagstaff, AZ | Knoles Drive, Babbitt Administrative Center Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4132 |
Northland Pioneer College | Public, 2-year in Holbrook, AZ | 2251 E. Navajo Blvd. Holbrook, AZ 86025-0610 |
Ottawa University-Phoenix | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 10020 North 25th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021 |
Paradise Valley Community College | Public, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 18401 N 32nd St Phoenix, AZ 85032 |
Phoenix College | Public, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 1202 W Thomas Rd Phoenix, AZ 85013 |
Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Scottsdale, AZ | |
Pima Community College | Public, 2-year in Tucson, AZ | 401 North Bonita Avenue Tucson, AZ 85709-5000 |
Pima Medical Institute | Private for-profit, 2-year in Mesa, AZ | 2160 S Power Rd Mesa, AZ 85209 |
Pima Medical Institute | Private for-profit, 2-year in Tucson, AZ | 957 S. Dobson Road Mesa, AZ 85202 |
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Mesa, AZ | 3350 East Grant Road, Suite 200 Tucson, AZ 85716 |
Prescott College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Prescott, AZ | 220 Grove Ave Prescott, AZ 86301 |
Refrigeration School Inc | Private for-profit, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 4210 E Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85034-1816 |
Remington College | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tempe, AZ | |
Rio Salado College | Public, 2-year in Tempe, AZ | 2323 W 14th St Tempe, AZ 85281 |
Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 4011 S 16th St Phoenix, AZ 85040 |
Scottsdale Community College | Public, 2-year in Scottsdale, AZ | 9000 E Chaparral Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85256 |
Scottsdale Culinary Institute | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Scottsdale, AZ | 8100 E Camelback Rd, Suite 1001 Scottsdale, AZ 85251-2729 |
South Mountain Community College | Public, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 7050 S 24th St Phoenix, AZ 85040 |
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Tempe, AZ | 2140 E Broadway Rd Tempe, AZ 85282 |
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts | Private for-profit, 2-year in Tempe, AZ | 1100 East Apache Blvd Tempe, AZ 85281 |
Southwestern College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 2625 E Cactus Rd Phoenix, AZ 85032-7097 |
The Art Center Design College-Tucson | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | 2525 N Country Club Rd Tucson, AZ 85716 |
The Art Institute of Phoenix | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 2233 W Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85021-2859 |
The Bryman School | Private for-profit, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 2250 W. Peoria Ave. A-100 Phoenix, AZ 85029 |
The Bryman School-East | Private for-profit, 2-year in Tempe, AZ | 8945 S. Harl Ave-Ste 102 Tempe, AZ 85284 |
Thunderbird-The Garvin School of International Management | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above in Glendale, AZ | 15249 N 59th Ave Glendale, AZ 853066000 |
Tohono O’Odham Community College | Private not-for-profit, 2-year in Sells, AZ | Highway 86, Mile Post 115.5 N Sells, AZ 85634-3129 |
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Scottsdale, AZ | 7201 E. Camelback #100 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 |
Tucson College | Private for-profit, less-than-2-year in Tucson, AZ | 7310 E 22nd St Tucson, AZ 85710-6477 |
Tucson Design College | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | 3955 N Flowing Wells Rd Tucson, AZ 85705 |
Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc | Private for-profit, 2-year in Tolleson, AZ | 2844 W Deer Valley Rd Phoenix, AZ 85027 |
Universal Technical Institute-Motorcycle Mechanics | Private for-profit, 2-year in Phoenix, AZ | 10695 West Pierce Street Avondale, AZ 85323 |
University of Advancing Technology | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 2625 W Baseline Rd Tempe, AZ 85283 |
University of Arizona | Public, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | 1401 E University Tucson, AZ 85721-0066 |
University of Phoenix-Online Campus | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 3157 E. Elwood Street Phoenix, AZ 85034-7209 |
University of Phoenix-Phoenix-Hohokam Campus | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 4635 East Elwood Street Phoenix, AZ 850401958 |
University of Phoenix-Southern Arizona Campus | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Tucson, AZ | 5099 E. Grant Road, Suite 120 Tucson, AZ 857122732 |
Western International University | Private for-profit, 4-year or above in Phoenix, AZ | 9215 N Black Canyon Hwy. Phoenix, AZ 85021 |
Yavapai College | Public, 2-year in Prescott, AZ | 1100 E Sheldon St Prescott, AZ 86301 |
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in the state of Arizona in the United States. The city has 545,975 residents (U.S. Census, 2018) and forms a larger metropolitan area with around 1 million residents.
Tucson is located on the most arid Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona, 160 miles southeast of Phoenix and 97 kilometers north of the Mexico border. The city is Arizona’s second largest and has several suburbs. It is a trade center and a transport hub, and has a lot of industry.
The city’s Spanish name Tucsón is derived from the indigenous name Chuk Shon, meaning “at the foot of the black (elevation)”, and refers to the black basalt-covered rock Sentinel Peak. The town is also called “Old Pueblo”.
Population
Tucson has had a steady increase in population since 1900 and a strong increase in the population between 1950 and 1960. Especially in the winter months many so-called “snowbirds” live in holiday homes in and around the city. In Tucson, the population is predominantly 69.7 percent white, 5 percent African-American, and 2.9 percent Asian. 2.7 per cent have indigenous people (2010).
Economics and culture
In the area, fruits, including apples and grapes, are grown, and there is mining on lead, copper, zinc and molybdenum.
The industry is considerable and varied. There are many high-tech enterprises, including Raytheon Missile Systems (headquarters), Honeywell International Inc. and IBM. Many companies produce optics and optoelectronics.
The University of Arizona is one of the city’s largest jobs, and there are departments of other universities as well as several colleges. Many also work in city and state administration as well as in tourism.
There are many parks, five golf courses and Reid Park with the Reid Park Zoo. “The Loop” is a popular system of hiking, running, cycling and riding trails that surround the city.
The Desert Laboratory Botanical Desert Laboratory is located on Tumahoc Hill on an outskirts of the city center.
There are many museums in and around Tucson, including the Arizona State Museum, Fort Lowell Museum, The Tucson Museum of Art, the Center for Creative Photography and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, including the zoo, aquarium, botanical garden and museum.
The Arizona Theater Company and Arizona Onstage Productions are among several theaters. A symphony orchestra was founded in 1929 and Arizona Opera (formerly the Tucson Opera Company in 1971. Tucson has been a punk rock center since the 1970s.
The annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show jewelery and mineral fair is held in January-February, and there is a large annual book festival in March. Every December and March, the annual 4th Avenue Street Fair is held in the Fourth Avenue shopping and restaurant district near the University of Arizona.
History
North American indigenous people lived in the area about 12,000 years ago. North of Tucson, a village from around 2100 BCE was excavated. Agriculture based on excavation of water channels and cultivation of maize and beans, etc, was introduced around 1200 BCE.
The Spanish missionary Eusebio Francesco Kino visited the area in 1692 and founded about 1700 a mission station there. In 1775 Hugo O’Conor, who is considered the founder of Tucson, created a fort in the center of the later city. The Tucson area was incorporated into the state of Sonora after Mexico became independent in 1821. After the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, Tucson was taken over by the United States in 1849, becoming one of the important routes into California during the gold rush that same year. Tucson is located in the area that the United States purchased from Mexico in 1853 (Gadsden Purchase).
During the American Civil War, Tucson was the western capital of the Confederate Arizona Territory from 1861 to 1862, when it was included in New Mexico territory. The city was then part of the New Arizona Territory with Tucson as its capital in the years 1867-1877. Tucson gained city status in 1877.
Fort Lowell outside the city was built in 1873 to help settlers and travelers during the apache wars. Tucon’s growth was stimulated by the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, the discovery of silver near Tombstone and of copper in Bisbee. The University of Arizona between Fort Lowell and Tucson was founded in 1885. Saint Augustine Cathedral was completed in 1896.
Tucson was Arizona’s largest city and trade center before being passed by Arizona’s capital Phoenix between 1910 and 1920. In recent years, both Tucson and Phoenix have been among the American cities with the largest increase in population. La Encantada Shopping Center opened in 2004.