This is a list of colleges and universities in Arizona. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education.
Public institutions
Four year institutions
- Arizona State University, doctoral university in Tempe
- Northern Arizona University, doctoral university in Flagstaff
- University of Arizona, doctoral university in Tucson
Two-year institutions
- Arizona Western College, Yuma, San Luis, Quartzsite, Wellton, Somerton
- Central Arizona College, Coolidge, Casa Grande, Florence, Maricopa, Winkelman, Apache Junction, Queen Creek
- Cochise College, Douglas, Sierra Vista, Benson, Willcox, Fort Huachuca, Nogales
- Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Williams, Page
- Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher
- Maricopa County Community College District
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, Mesa, Sun Lakes
- Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale
- GateWay Community College, Phoenix
- Glendale Community College, Glendale
- Mesa Community College, Mesa
- Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix
- Phoenix College, Phoenix
- Rio Salado Community College, distance learning community college, Tempe
- Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale
- South Mountain Community College, Phoenix
- Mohave Community College, Kingman, Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City
- Northland Pioneer College, Snowflake, Show Low, Holbrook, Winslow
- Pima Community College, Tucson
- Yavapai College, Prescott, Sedona, Clarkdale, Chino Valley
Tribal institutions
- Navajo Nation
- Diné College, Tsaile
- Tohono O'odham Nation
- Tohono O'odham Community College, Sells
Private Non-profit institutions
Four-year institutions
- Trine University, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering, business, management, psychology, and criminal justice in Peoria
- Wilkes University, not-for-profit, bachelor's and master's in business, education, creative writing in Mesa
- Arizona Christian University, baccalaureate university affiliated with the Conservative Baptist Association of America in Phoenix
- Benedictine University at Mesa, baccalaureate university in Mesa
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, master's engineering university in Prescott
- Prescott College, master's university with an environmental studies focus in Prescott
- Southwest University of Visual Arts (formerly The Art Center Design College), baccalaureate art & design college in Tucson
- Ottawa University, in Phoenix
- Park University, baccalaureate university in Glendale, Arizona
Graduate institutions
- A.T. Still University, medical school in Mesa
- Midwestern University, health sciences graduate school in Glendale
- Wilkes University, MBA, MS Education, MA/MFA Creative Writing in Mesa
- Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, naturopathic medical school in Tempe
- Phoenix Seminary, Masters and Doctorate level classes, Phoenix, Arizona
For-profit institutions
- Argosy University, Phoenix
- Arizona College, Phoenix, Mesa
- The Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix
- The Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson
- Automotive Dealership Institute, Scottsdale
- Brookline College, Phoenix
- Brown Mackie College - Phoenix
- Carrington College (US), Phoenix
- Chamberlain College of Nursing, Phoenix
- CollegeAmerica, Flagstaff, Phoenix
- Collins College, Tempe, Phoenix
- DeVry University, Phoenix
- Dunlap-Stone University, Phoenix
- Grand Canyon University, Phoenix
- High-Tech Institute, including Arizona College of Allied Health, Glendale, Arizona
- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Scottsdale (formerly Scottsdale Culinary Institute), Scottsdale
- Northcentral University, Prescott
- Penn Foster College, Scottsdale
- Arizona Summit Law School, law school in Phoenix
- Sessions College for Professional Design, Tempe
- Universal Technical Institute, Avondale
- University of Advancing Technology, Tempe
- University of Phoenix, Phoenix
- Western International University, Phoenix
- Woodbridge University, Phoenix
Religious institutions
- American Indian College, Assemblies of God Bible college in Phoenix
- Cook College and Theological School, Nondenominational tribal Bible college in Tempe
- Fuller Theological Seminary, Nondenominational Bible college in Phoenix
- Grand Canyon University, Christian University in Phoenix
- International Baptist College, Independent Baptist Bible college in Tempe
- Phoenix Seminary, Nondenominational seminary in Phoenix
- The World University, Nondenominational Bible college in Benson
- University of Mary, Catholic university with a satellite campus in Tempe
See also
- Arizona Board of Regents
- Higher education in the United States
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
External links
- Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Arizona
- Closed colleges