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Arizona has more than 100 adult education institutions with a total enrollment of more than 400,000 students. This represents about 8.5% of the state's population, causing Arizona to rank 3rd in enrollment percentage across all the US States. The most well known colleges are the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. Collectively these schools have almost 90,000 students.
Also of note is that the University of Phoenix Online is headquartered at 4615 E. Elwood Street in Phoenix. There are more than 100,000 students that attend UOP online, making it the college with the largest number of students in the United States. Note that students at UOP Online where not counted in the student enrollment totals referenced above.
Arizona also has the 3rd highest rank in terms of colleges and career training institutions which are for profit, with more than 40% of the schools being for profit. As a result the majority of the schools do not require SAT scores (less than 10 percent), causing Arizona to rank 2nd lowest in this category across all states and the district of Columbia.
The Arizona Department of Education is located at 1535 West Jefferson Street in Phoenix. You can find the web site address at: http://www.ade.az.gov/.
We call these QuickSchools -- Our term for schools with flexible schedules, simple applications, online info request forms, and very rapid response to requests for info.
| School | City | Degrees | Open Admission | Quick Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem College | Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor, Diploma | Yes | |
| Argosy University | Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor, Doctorate, Master | Yes | |
| Arizona Automotive Institute | Glendale | Associate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Arizona Culinary Institute | Scottsdale | Diploma | Yes | |
| Arizona School of Massage Therapy | Phoenix, Tempe | Coursework, Diploma | Yes | |
| Avalon School of Cosmetology | Mesa, Phoenix | Diploma | Yes | |
| Brookline College | Mesa, Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Brown Mackie College | Phoenix, Tucson | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Carrington College | Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate | Yes | |
| CollegeAmerica | Flagstaff, Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor | Yes | |
| Collins College | Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor | Yes | |
| Cortiva Institute | Scottsdale, Tucson | Certificate | Yes | |
| DeVry University | Mesa, Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor, Diploma, Master | Yes | |
| DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management | Mesa, Phoenix | Graduate Certificate, Master | Yes | |
| Empire Beauty Schools | Avondale, Chandler, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson | Diploma | Yes | |
| Everest College | Mesa, Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor, Coursework, Diploma | Yes | |
| Fortis College | Phoenix | Associate, Certificate, Coursework, Diploma | Yes | |
| ITT Technical Institute | Tempe, Tucson | Associate, Bachelor, Diploma, Master | Yes | |
| Kaplan College KHE | Phoenix | Associate, Certificate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America | Scottsdale | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Marinello Schools of Beauty | Mesa | Certificate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Refrigeration School Inc | Phoenix | Associate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Sanford Brown College | Phoenix | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma | Yes | |
| Scottsdale Culinary Institute | Scottsdale | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate | Yes | |
| Steiner Institute of Esthetics | Phoenix, Tempe | Diploma | Yes | |
| The Art Institutes | Phoenix, Tucson | Advanced Diploma, Associate, Bachelor, Bachelor , Certificate, Certificate , Diploma | Yes | |
| Universal Technical Institute | Avondale, Phoenix | Coursework | Yes | |
| University of Phoenix | Chandler, Mesa, Nogales, Phoenix, Sierra Vista, Tucson, Yuma | Associate, Bachelor, Doctorate, Master | Yes | |
| Western International University | Chandler, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale | Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Master | Yes |
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