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Arizona provides a wealth of higher education institutions. Several state universities are available,
including the University of Arizona (UA) at
Tucson. Arizona’s first university, founded in 1885, and the only designated land grant university
in the state, UA enrolls over 36,800 students and offers 334 fields of study at the bachelor’s,
masters, doctoral, and first professional levels. Arizona
State University (ASU) in Tempe enrolls over 63,000 students and offers additional campuses: ASU
at Downtown Phoenix, ASU Polytechnic University in Mesa, and ASU
West in Glendale. Northern Arizona University
(NAU) is a doctoral-research intensive university, with approximately 18,000 students attending
the main campus at Flagstaff and over 35 sites across the state. Grand Canyon University, founded in 1949, is a private Christian university in
Phoenix which supports both traditional undergraduate students as well as the working professional.
Arizona boasts many community colleges throughout the state. Among these are Arizona Western College in Yuma, Cochise
College, the Navajo college Dine
College, Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher,
Paradise Valley Community College in
Phoenix, Phoenix College, Scottsdale Community College, and Yavapai
College, among several others.
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